The Khalifa Stadium hosted the game between Spain and Japan in which the Japanese won 2–1.. In a relatively even first half, the Spaniards held their own with their touchdown and dominated the action, with Álvaro Morata taking the flare with the opening goal. However, the story will be different in the second half.
Barely in the 11th minute, the Juventus striker Alvaro Morata put the Spaniards ahead with his third goal of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The rest of the first half will be Spain’s possession, although they did not ultimately co-sponsor the goal games.
And the Spaniards thus got the scare of their lives after the bad control of Unai Simon, who eventually refused, but in a clear situation for the Japanese team.
As a result, both teams went to the locker room with an advantage over Asturian Luis Enrique.
Dynamics of the second half.
Japan came out in the second half to put pressure on Spain and they managed to turn the tide in just eight minutes.. Firstly, Ritsu Doan took advantage of Balde’s mistake at the start and the bad clearance of Unai Simon to score the equalizing goal.
The football player turned out to be decisive, as in the previous game against Germany.
Ao Tanaka scored the second goal of the Japanese in the 51st minute. including the controversy and the VAR review, and left the Spanish fans speechless, who saw possession of the ball did not affect the score.
With 13 minutes left in the game, the Spaniards have 75% possession of the ball, with only one shot on goal also blocked.goal expectation was 0.04%, leaders Luis Enrique dominated the ball but not the game, also with an eye on the game between Germany and Costa Rica.
Luis Enrique’s Spain tried it with an Asensio kick and with Jordi Alba in lane mode looking for the Japanese zone, but it wasn’t enough, Hajime Moriyasu’s team weathered the entire Spanish storm and ended up winning the game and the group.
Japan will now play Croatia in the first group, and Spain will do the same with the Moroccan team, which finished first in their group.
Source: La Opinion
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