Japan shock victory over Germany

The joy of Japanese players after winning against Germany.

After the earthquake that was Saudi Arabia, Asian audiences, especially Japanese fans, hoped that their home team would do the same. However, when the opening whistle blew, the German team proved their superior strength.

Hansi Flick's team put tremendous pressure on Gonda's goal. However, it was Japan who had the first chance of the match. From a lightning counterattack on the right wing, a teammate crossed the ball to Maeda. This player rushed in to shoot past Neuer, but unfortunately, he was offside.

That was the only situation in the first half that Japan created in front of Neuer's goal. Because after that, Germany created countless opportunities to attack Gonda's goal. And the inevitable happened in the 33rd minute, Guendogan scored a penalty for Japan. The German team opened the score of the match. Before that, the person who brought the penalty kick for the German "tank" was Raum.

In the final minutes of the first half, Germany once again got the ball over Japan's goal line, but the referee, after checking the VAR, disallowed the goal.

In the first minutes of the second half, the game was not much different from the first half, Germany still completely controlled the game. Hansi Flick's team created a golden opportunity to score in the 60th minute of the match. The situation was created by Guendogan. The midfielder playing for Man City had a dangerous low shot, but the ball hit the Japanese post.

Japan's resilience helped them do the unbelievable against Germany.

But that's what Germany did, because then the Samurai Blue team changed a series of players and boldly pushed up the formation and played an open game with Germany. Therefore, the chances that Japan created in front of Neuer's goal became more numerous.

And the hope of Japanese fans became a reality when in the 75th minute, Kaoru Mitoma passed the ball to Takumi Minamino to shoot from the left wing. Manuel Neuer pushed the ball away but Ritsu Doan immediately shot back to help the "Blue Samurai" equalize 1-1.

The earthquake was repeated by Japan at the World Cup, when in the 83rd minute, Asano had an extremely impressive escape on the right wing, before shooting the ball into the top of Neuer's net. Japan raised the score to 2-1.

In the final minutes, although the German team pushed up their formation to try to equalize the score, all were powerless against the blue Samurai warriors.