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There was a agelong hold for a VAR cheque earlier Mitouma's extremity for Japan was awardedJapan staged different bonzer World Cup comeback to scope the past 16, overcoming a stunned Spain broadside who were fortunate to articulation them successful the knockout stage.
In a tourney that has been afloat of shocks, this was possibly the astir melodramatic nighttime truthful far, with Spain near relying connected the effect of Germany's crippled with Costa Rica for them to progress
All 4 teams had started the evening with a accidental of progressing but with Spain needing lone a gully to qualify, they were not expected to request immoderate favours from elsewhere.
La Roja were cruising astatine the interruption aft Alvaro Morata headed location Cesar Azpilicueta's transverse from adjacent range, but Japan would rapidly crook the crippled - and the full of Group E - connected its head.
The Samurai Blue sent connected substitutes Ritsu Doan and Kaoru Mitoma astatine half-time and wrong six minutes of the restart they had some made a immense impact.
Doan equalised with a fierce changeable from the borderline of the country and, lone 142 seconds later, Mitomo retrieved Doan's debased transverse and recovered Ao Tanaka to bundle location from adjacent range
The extremity was initially ruled retired by the adjunct referee who signalled Doan's transverse had gone retired of play, but the Video Assistant Referee ruled Mitomo had reached it successful time.
Things got adjacent worse for Spain erstwhile Costa Rica took a astonishment pb implicit Germany moments later, due to the fact that astatine that signifier they were heading out.
The large screens astatine Khalifa International Stadium showed the updated radical table, to the disbelief of the Spain supporters, and beauteous overmuch everyone other present too.
Luis Enrique's broadside were successful large trouble, and were showing fewer signs of knowing however to rescue themselves, with lone Germany's precocious rally sending La Roja done arsenic radical runners-up connected extremity difference.
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Japan
Squad number12Player nameGonda
Squad number4Player nameItakura
Squad number22Player nameYoshida
Squad number3Player nameTaniguchi
Squad number14Player nameIto
Squad number17Player nameTanaka
Squad number13Player nameMorita
Squad number5Player nameNagatomo
Squad number11Player nameKubo
Squad number25Player nameMaeda
Squad number15Player nameKamada
Squad number6Player nameEndo
Squad number8Player nameDoan
Squad number9Player nameMitoma
Squad number16Player nameTomiyasu
Squad number18Player nameAsano
Spain
Squad number23Player nameSimón
Squad number2Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number16Player nameRodri
Squad number4Player nameP Torres
Squad number14Player nameBalde
Squad number9Player nameGavi
Squad number5Player nameBusquets
Squad number26Player namePedri
Squad number12Player nameNico Williams
Squad number7Player nameMorata
Squad number21Player nameOlmo
Squad number10Player nameAsensio
Squad number11Player nameF Torres
Squad number18Player nameAlba
Squad number20Player nameCarvajal
Squad number25Player nameAnsu Fati
Line-ups
Japan
Formation 3-4-3
- 12Gonda
- 4ItakuraBooked astatine 39mins
- 22YoshidaBooked astatine 45mins
- 3TaniguchiBooked astatine 44mins
- 14Ito
- 17TanakaSubstituted forEndoat 87'minutes
- 13Morita
- 5NagatomoSubstituted forMitomaat 45'minutes
- 11KuboSubstituted forDoanat 45'minutes
- 25MaedaSubstituted forAsanoat 62'minutes
- 15KamadaSubstituted forTomiyasuat 69'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Kawashima
- 2Yamane
- 6Endo
- 7Shibasaki
- 8Doan
- 9Mitoma
- 10Minamino
- 16Tomiyasu
- 18Asano
- 19H Sakai
- 20Machino
- 21Ueda
- 23Schmidt
- 24Soma
- 26Ito
Spain
Formation 4-3-3
- 23Simón
- 2AzpilicuetaSubstituted forCarvajalat 45'minutes
- 16Rodri
- 4P Torres
- 14BaldeSubstituted forAlbaat 68'minutes
- 9GaviSubstituted forAnsu Fatiat 68'minutes
- 5Busquets
- 26Pedri
- 12Nico WilliamsSubstituted forF Torresat 57'minutes
- 7MorataSubstituted forAsensioat 57'minutes
- 21Olmo
Substitutes
- 1Sánchez
- 3García
- 6Llorente
- 8Koke
- 10Asensio
- 11F Torres
- 13Raya
- 15Guillamón
- 17Pino
- 18Alba
- 19Soler
- 20Carvajal
- 22Sarabia
- 24Laporte
- 25Ansu Fati
Referee:Victor Gomes
Attendance:44,851
Live Text
Match ends, Japan 2, Spain 1.
Second Half ends, Japan 2, Spain 1.
Attempt missed. Dani Olmo (Spain) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the left. Assisted by Rodri.
Attempt saved. Dani Olmo (Spain) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
Attempt saved. Marco Asensio (Spain) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Rodri.
Attempt blocked. Jordi Alba (Spain) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Substitution, Japan. Wataru Endo replaces Ao Tanaka.
Attempt blocked. Marco Asensio (Spain) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Dani Olmo.
Marco Asensio (Spain) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Kaoru Mitoma (Japan).
Attempt saved. Ko Itakura (Japan) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Ritsu Doan with a cross.
Foul by Sergio Busquets (Spain).
Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Attempt blocked. Dani Olmo (Spain) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Pedri.
Attempt blocked. Marco Asensio (Spain) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
Attempt missed. Takuma Asano (Japan) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the right. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma pursuing a accelerated break.
Ferran Torres (Spain) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Kaoru Mitoma (Japan).
Substitution, Japan. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Daichi Kamada.
Substitution, Spain. Ansu Fati replaces Gavi.
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