The World Cup is continuing and the 1st game on Sunday is going to be between Japan and Costa Rica. Japanese players shocked the entire world in the 1st game as they beat Germany. They were down by 0:1 but manager Hajime Moriyasu made two great substitutions as he brought in Takuma Asano and Kaoru Mitoma who created both goals for Japan and they beat Germany by 2:1. If they win today, there's a great chance that the Japanese will guarantee a spot in the next round because Germany will meet Spain. If Japan wins and Germany loses points, Japan will secure at least the 2nd place.
Costa Rica didn't perform great in the 1st game. They played against Spain, and the Spaniards dominated all 90 minutes as they scored already 3 goals in the first 30 minutes. Costa Rica controlled the ball only 18% of the time and didn't have a single shot! That's something unexpected and that shows how bad the national team is. If we look at Japan's game against Germany, the Japanese had 12 shots, 4 on target and xG rating was 1.46.
In this game, I'm taking Japanese. It's safe to say that Costa Rica's morale after the 1st game isn't the highest. We can't say that about Japan as they will be very motivated to qualify for the TOP 16 stage for the 2nd World Cup in a row for the 1st time in history. If Japan wins this game, for the 1st time since 2002 they will have 2 wins in a row. Of course, Costa Rica will try to win but they haven't been able to beat Japan in all 5 meetings, of which they lost 4 while conceding 3 goals in all losses. Of the ten previous teams to have conceded at least seven goals in a World Cup match, eight lost their next game.
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世界杯仍在继续，周日的第一场比赛将在日本和哥斯达黎加之间进行。日本球员在第一场比赛中击败德国，震惊了全世界。日本队0:1落后，但主教练森康元做出了两次伟大的换人，他换上了为日本队打进两球的浅野拓久和丝间薰，日本队最终以2:1击败了德国队。如果他们今天赢了，日本很有可能确保进入下一轮，因为德国将会遇到西班牙。如果日本队赢了，德国队丢分，日本队至少能保住第二名的位置。
哥斯达黎加在第一场比赛中表现不佳。他们对阵西班牙，西班牙人统治了整个90分钟，因为他们在前30分钟已经进了3球。哥斯达黎加只控制了18%的时间，没有一次射门!这是出乎意料的，也说明了国家队有多糟糕。如果我们看看日本队对德国队的比赛，日本队有12次射门，4次射正，xG评分为1.46。
在这个游戏中，我选择日语。可以肯定地说，哥斯达黎加在第一场比赛后的士气并不是最高的。我们不能这样说日本，因为他们将非常有动力，在历史上第一次连续两届世界杯进入top16阶段。如果日本队赢了这场比赛，这将是他们自2002年以来第一次取得两连胜。当然，哥斯达黎加将努力赢得比赛，但他们在5次交锋中都未能击败日本，其中他们输了4场，全失3球。在此前10支在世界杯比赛中至少丢7球的球队中，有8支在下一场比赛中输掉了比赛。
