Japan are one of the strongest teams in this World Cup in terms of individual and technical quality but unfortunately asiatic players are still very underated in Europe but they have a lot of quality. For example Hidemasa Morita that plays in Sporting CP in Portugal who has 27 years old is an amazing player that if he was european he was playing in a Top team from Europe - his season is being really good in Portugal so far - he missed the last game against Germany due to an injury but hopefully he is recovered and probably will start this match against Costa Rica. Same with Mitoma from Brighton who was on the bench but was the game changer for this game when he was subbed in. Japan know the importance of winning this game, as if they win they make 6 points and for sure can be enough to get qualified - and they will try to score as most goals as possible. I cannot see Japan not winning this game as the difference between both teams is really big and Costa Rica won't be defending the whole game as they really need to try to win the game if they want to dream with the qualification. The striker Asano that scored the winning goal against Germany must be a starter aswell and will be replace Daizen Maeda.

Probable line-up: Gonda; Tomiyasu - Itakura - Yoshida - Nagatomo; Morita - Tanaka; Ito - Kamada - Kubo; Asano.

Costa Rica were the weakest team from this World Cup with Qatar, the last is already out of this competition. Costa to avoid the same need to win this game against a strong and very motivated Japan and so we can expect an open game from both teams. They had a lot of problems against the strong Spain and were completely dominated and couldn't make a single shot in the whole game - the worst statistic from this World Cup so far. They are still playing with the experienced Bryan Ruiz who has a lot of physical problems and does not have the rhythm to play this kind of games. The players must be destroyed after the defeat by 7-0 against Spain and I cannot expect a reaction from them so fast after few days. I am very confident here.

Probable line-up: Navas; Waston - Calvo - Duarte - Ovieda; Tejeda - Borges - Bennette - Bryan Ruiz; Campbell and Contreras.

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日本队在个人和技术水平上是本届世界杯最强的球队之一，但不幸的是，亚洲球员在欧洲仍然被低估，但他们有很多质量。举个例子，27岁的盛田秀正效力于葡萄牙的竞技CP队，他是一名了不起的球员，如果他是欧洲人的话，他在欧洲的顶级球队踢球，他在葡萄牙的赛季表现非常好，目前为止，他错过了上一场对阵德国的比赛，但希望他能康复，可能会在对阵哥斯达黎加的比赛中首发。同样的还有来自布莱顿的Mitoma，他虽然坐在替补席上，但是当他替补上场时，他改变了比赛。日本队知道赢得这场比赛的重要性，因为如果他们赢了，他们就能得到6分，这肯定足以出线——他们会尽可能多地进球。我不认为日本队赢不了这场比赛，因为两队之间的差距真的很大，哥斯达黎加队不会防守整场比赛，因为他们真的需要努力赢得比赛，如果他们想要梦想出线。在对德国的比赛中打进致胜球的前锋浅野也必须成为首发球员，他将取代前田大祯。

可能的阵容:刚达;富康-伊仓-吉田-长atomo;森田-田中;伊藤-镰田-久保;浅野。

哥斯达黎加和卡塔尔是本届世界杯最弱的球队，最后一支已经出局。科斯塔避免同样的需要赢得这场比赛的强大和非常积极的日本，所以我们可以期待两队的开放比赛。面对强大的西班牙队，他们有很多问题，完全被控制了，整场比赛一球未进——这是本届世界杯迄今为止最糟糕的数据。他们还在和经验丰富的布莱恩·鲁伊兹比赛，他有很多身体问题，没有打这种比赛的节奏。在0:7输给西班牙之后，球员们必须被摧毁，我不能指望他们在几天之后就有这么快的反应。我对此非常有信心。

可能的阵容:纳瓦斯;沃森-卡尔沃-杜阿尔特-奥维达;特赫达-博尔赫斯-班内特-布莱恩·鲁伊斯;坎贝尔和康特拉斯。