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DOHA (AFP) – Costa Rica stunned Japan 1-0 thanks to a late goal at the World Cup yesterday to blow Group E wide open and hand a potential lifeline to Germany. Japan, who shocked four-time champions Germany 2-1 in their opener in Qatar, could have taken a giant stride towards the last 16 with a […]
The result left Spain, Japan and Costa Rica all on three points in the group.
Injured defender Hiroki Sakai said on Nov. 25 he will make himself available for Japan's upcoming World Cup game against Costa Rica but understands others will decide his fate.
Japan claimed a hard-earned win over the 2014 World Cup winners in their opening game
Nearly 30 years on, Japan has finally buried the “Tragedy of Doha.” That moment in 1993 when Iraq scored a last-minute equalizer against Japan in Doha to hand a World Cup spot to South Korea instead of Japan has haunted Japanese soccer for three decades. Japan’s 2-1 win over Germany…