FIFA World Cup 2022 | Late Costa Rica purpose stuns sluggish Japan

Costa Rica’s Daniel Chacon and Yeltsin Tejeda rejoice after the match as Japan’s Takuma Asano appears dejected.
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Japan squandered a possibility to advance early to the FIFA World Cup 2022 final 16 after Keysher Fuller’s purpose 10 minutes from time gave Costa Rica a shock 1-0 win in a match by which they’d barely any possibilities.

The Samurai blue didn’t trip the momentum of their shock win over Germany and can rue missed alternatives after exhibiting little creativity towards a Costa Rican aspect who defended resolutely after their 7-0 drubbing by Spain final trip.

Wataru Endo of Japan controls the ball towards Joel Campbell of Costa Rica in the course of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group E match between Japan and Costa Rica at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on November 27, 2022, in Doha, Qatar.
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Towards the run of play, in Costa Rica’s solely effort on course in the complete match, Fuller curled a shot from the sting of the world past the attain of keeper Shuichi Gonda and into the web, leaving Japan surprised.

Japan battled arduous to salvage one thing from the sport however smuggled to create house and panicked within the dying moments.

The end result left Japan with a troublesome problem to advance to the knockout phases, with Spain as their ultimate Group E opponents on Thursday. 

Keylor Navas of Costa Rica leads their staff out onto the pitch previous to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group E match between Japan and Costa Rica at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on November 27, 2022, in Doha, Qatar.
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Groups

Japan (4-2-3-1): Shuichi Gonda; Miki Yamane, Kou Itakura, Maya Yoshida (capt), Yuto Nagatomo; Wataru Endo, Hidemasa Morita; Ritsu Doan, Daichi Kamada, Yuki Soma; Ayase Ueda

Staff Japan stands for a staff picture earlier than the World Cup, group E soccer match between Japan and Costa Rica, on the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022.
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Coach: Hajime Moriyasu

Costa Rica (5-3-2): Keylor Navas; Keysher Fuller, Oscar Duarte, Francisco Calvo, Bryan Oviedo, Kendall Waston; Celso Borges, Yeltsin Tejeda, Gerson Torres; Anthony Contreras, Joel Campbell

Costa Rica gamers pose for a staff group picture earlier than the match REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
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Coach: Luis Fernando Suarez (COL)

Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)

(With enter from companies)