After a fantastic game and victory over Germany, Japan holds the placement in the next stage of the World Cup in its hands. They are playing against Costa Rica who suffered a disastrous 7-0 defeat against Spain and morale in the team is at an extremely low level. In addition to the results they certainly did not expect, the Costa Rican team showed one of the worst games so far. They played completely disinterestedly, without any desire or possibility to resist the Spaniards. There is no doubt that Spain are miles ahead of them in terms of quality of players, but at times, the Costa Rican players looked as if they were playing together for the first time. Unlike them, the Japanese showed a game that is also characteristic of them. They were maximally dedicated to their task and with an extremely disciplined game they achieved one of the biggest victories in recent times. They didn't let the opening goal of the Germans to throw them out of rhythm and showed the world that Japanese football is improving year after year. You can find the best proof of that if you just look at the teams in which the players of this national team play. The defense is led by the experienced Yoshida, who spent most of his career in Southampton, along with Tomiyasu, who plays for Arsenal with considerable success. In the middle of the field, Ito, Kamada and Mitoma are great, while in the attack there are extremely fast players like Minamino and Asano, whose entry into the game in the second half changed the course of the game against Germany. All these players have been performing for big European clubs for years and it is evident that during those years they have gathered a lot of experience which will be of great importance to them today. The Japanese are known for their discipline and I believe that the victory against Germany is very pleasing to them, but that they will not allow themselves to "fly" too much and that they will welcome this match with both feet on the ground. After this match, they will have a match with Spain and in case of an unfavorable result today, they will have to achieve a positive result against them, which will be extremely difficult.

If Costa Rica wants to do something more in this match, they will have to drastically change its way of playing compared to the last match. They allowed the Spaniards to get scoring chances too easily, and the defense really looked sloppy in the bigger moments of the match. Almost as bad as the goals conceded was the problem on the offensive. Costa Rica did not manage a single shot towards the Spanish goal. This was only the second time at a World Cup game since data collection began. So there is a lot to improve. In the past, Costa Rica was able to make things difficult for the favorites, but that was a long time ago and the players who were most deserving of it are already close to the end of their careers. They were led by Keylor Navas, Bryan Ruiz and Joel Campbell, for whom this World Cup will probably be the last. According to everything shown in their matches in Qatar, and also according to the individual quality of the players, I think that Japan has a big advantage today and that with another safe game and victory, they will secure passage to the next stage of the competition already after second round.

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在一场精彩的比赛并战胜德国之后，日本队掌握了世界杯下一阶段的出线权。他们的对手是哥斯达黎加，后者在与西班牙的比赛中以0比7惨败，球队士气极低。除了他们肯定没有预料到的结果，哥斯达黎加队展示了迄今为止最糟糕的比赛之一。他们踢得完全公正，没有任何抵抗西班牙人的欲望或可能性。毫无疑问，西班牙在球员素质方面远远领先于他们，但有时哥斯达黎加球员看起来就像是第一次在一起踢球。与他们不同的是，日本人展示了一种具有日本特色的游戏。他们全身心地投入到他们的任务中，凭借一场纪律严明的比赛，他们取得了近年来最大的胜利之一。他们没有让德国人的开场进球让他们失去节奏，并向世界展示了日本足球年复一年的进步。如果你看看这支国家队的球员所参加的球队，你就能找到最好的证据。防守由经验丰富的吉田和富康领衔，他职业生涯的大部分时间都在南安普顿度过，而富康则在阿森纳效力，取得了相当大的成功。在中场，伊藤、Kamada和Mitoma都很出色，而在进攻端，也有像Minamino和浅野这样速度极快的球员，他们在下半场的出场改变了对阵德国的比赛进程。所有这些球员都在欧洲豪门俱乐部效力多年，很明显，在这些年里他们积累了很多经验，这些经验对他们今天来说是非常重要的。日本人的纪律是出了名的，我相信对德国的胜利让他们非常高兴，但他们不会让自己“飞”得太多，他们会脚踏实地地迎接这场比赛。在这场比赛之后，他们将与西班牙进行一场比赛，如果今天的结果不理想，他们将必须取得一个积极的结果，这将是非常困难的。

如果哥斯达黎加想在这场比赛中有所作为，他们就必须彻底改变与上一场比赛相比的打法。他们让西班牙人太容易获得得分机会，在比赛的重要时刻，防守看起来真的很草率。几乎和丢球一样糟糕的是进攻端的问题。哥斯达黎加没有一脚射进西班牙球门。自数据收集开始以来，这只是世界杯比赛中的第二次。所以还有很多需要改进的地方。在过去，哥斯达黎加有能力给夺冠热门球队制造麻烦，但那是很久以前的事了，最有资格夺冠的球员已经接近职业生涯的终点。这支球队由纳瓦斯、鲁伊斯和坎贝尔领衔，本届世界杯很可能是他们的最后一届世界杯。根据他们在卡塔尔的比赛，也根据球员的个人素质，我认为日本队今天有很大的优势，如果又一场安全的比赛和胜利，他们将确保在第二轮之后进入下一阶段的比赛。