Welcome to Sportstar’s reside weblog of the Japan vs Costa Rica Group E match from the Ahmed bin Ali (Al-Rayyan) Stadium.
Beginning Lineups!!
Japan: Shuichi Gonda (GK), Miki Yamane, Ko Itakura, Maya Yoshida, Hidemasa Morita, Ritsu Doan, Yuto Nagatomo, Wataru Endo, Daichi Kamada, Ayase Ueda, Yuki Soma
Costa Rica: Keylor Navas (GK), Bryan Oviedo, Francisco Calvo, Oscar Duarte, Kendall Waston, Keysher Fuller, Gerson Torres, Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges, Joel Campbell, Anthony Contreras
Match Preview
Few would have given Japan a lot probability of getting out of a gaggle that included Germany and Spain when the World Cup draw was made however a win over Costa Rica on Sunday would depart Hajime Moriyasu’s aspect on the point of the final 16.
The Japanese got here from behind to beat four-times champion Germany on Wednesday and can face a Costa Rica aspect reeling from its 7-0 thrashing by Spain in its Group E opener.
For Costa Rica coach Luis Fernando Suarez, rebuilding his aspect’s shattered confidence is the precedence.
“I’m fearful that mentally the crew gained’t get out of this hunch, this dangerous consequence,” he stated after the defeat. “Logically, that’s the very first thing I’ve to attempt to clear up.
“Now we have to take duty for what occurred, however as soon as all of us discuss it, we have to overlook about it.”
To assist him carry the aspect, the coach will flip to the few veterans from its 2014 marketing campaign when it reached the quarterfinals after topping a gaggle that additionally featured England, Italy and Uruguay.
Issues look rather more promising for Japan, which produced the second main shock of the 2022 World Cup to date with its 2-1 comeback win over Germany.
The Japanese have been helped by six Bundesliga gamers and yet one more enjoying in Germany’s second tier, as strikes from Freiburg’s Ritsu Doan and VfL Bochum’s Takuma Asano gave the Asian aspect their first-ever win over Germany.
Costa Rica, which suffered its heaviest-ever defeat on the World Cup finals, is unlikely to supply as stiff a take a look at because the Germans.
Spain lies in look forward to Japan in its closing group sport, however Moriyasu is aware of Sunday’s consequence could imply there may be little using on it.
-Reuters
Japan vs Costa Rica Predicted XI
Japan: Gonda (GK); Tomiyasu, Itakura, Yoshida, Nagatomo; Endo, Tanaka; Ito, Kamada, Kubo; Asano
Costa Rica: Navas (GK); Waston, Calvo, Duarte, Oviedo; Tejeda, Borges; Bennette, Fuller; Campbell, Contreras
When will the Japan vs Costa Rica match kick-off?
The Japan vs Costa Rica match will kick-off at 3:30 PM IST, November 27.
The place will the Japan vs Costa Rica match kick-off?
The Japan vs Costa Rica match will kick-off on the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
The place are you able to watch the Japan vs Costa Rica match in India?
The Japan vs Costa Rica match will probably be telecasted reside on Sports18 and Sports18 HD. On Android and effectively as iOS, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will probably be reside streamed on JioCinema.
