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“The turn of the century”… ‘Japan’ which caught the big hit was exciting

A band electrode came out at the World Cup Qatar 2022. The Japanese media reacted furiously to the fact that their national football team defeated Germany.

Japan, led by coach Hajime Moriyasu, scored a goal in the first leg of the World Cup Group E group stage held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on the 23rd at 10:00 pm (Korea time), but scored two goals in the second half to win 2-1.

Takuma Asano (Bochum) scored the winning goal on 38 minutes of the second half when the score was 1-1.

The Japanese national team recorded 6 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses in the World Cup.

Japanese OTT service ‘ABEMA’ is known to have over 10 million users when Japan caught up with Germany. There was an uproar on Twitter and other social media, and huge cheers erupted from all over Japan the moment the winning goal was scored.

Former Japan soccer team Daisuke Honda, who appeared as a commentator for ‘ABEMA’, was very happy after the match and said, “In the second half, Germany was behind Japan. The Japanese team won today, but the fact remains that they need to win one more time in the end to progress to the round of 16.”

The Yomiuri Shimbun said, “It’s a reverse electrode of the century. The Japanese national team abandoned the 4-2-3-1 formation and employed 3-backs, quickly catching the flow and winning from behind Germany. Germany didn’t have the ability to score goals.”

Japan Football Zone said, “Japan achieved the first come-from-behind win in World Cup history. We won against Germany, who boast of winning the World Cup four times in history.”

Then Football Zone introduced, “After the game, the Japanese cheer squad stayed in the stands of the stadium to pick up trash.”

Nikkan Sports said, “Japan, who recorded 7 defeats and 2 draws after conceding the first goal in the previous World Cup, has achieved a come-from-behind victory over Germany. A miracle wrote on the ‘0% win rate’.”

Nikkan Sports said, “The number of shots in the first half was 2 in Japan and 12 in Germany. Germany also dominated possession with 89%, and Japan were busy defending only. However, in the second half of the game, we made a wave of attacks and got the win.”

Sankei Sports said, “In the second half of the game, we switched to an attacking tactic and defeated Germany with unconventional player management. He caused a sensation at the World Cup and decorated the opening match with a win.”

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