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Starting 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 likelihood 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.
Japan vs Costa Rica Predicted XI
Japan: Gonda (GK); Tomiyasu, Itakura, Yoshida, Nagatomo; Endo, Tanaka; Ito, Kamada, Kubo; Asano
Costa Rica attainable beginning lineup: Navas (GK); Waston, Calvo, Duarte, Oviedo; Tejeda, Borges; Bennette, Fuller; Campbell, Contreras
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 worried that mentally the team won’t get out of this slump, this bad result,” he mentioned after the defeat. “Logically, that’s the first thing I have to try to solve.
“We have to take responsibility for what happened, but once we all talk about it, we need to forget about it.”
To assist him elevate 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.
Things look way more promising for Japan, which produced the second main shock of the 2022 World Cup to this point with its 2-1 comeback win over Germany.
The Japanese had been helped by six Bundesliga gamers and another 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 await Japan in its remaining group sport, however Moriyasu is aware of Sunday’s end result could imply there’s little using on it.
-Reuters
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.
Where will the Japan vs Costa Rica match kick-off?
The Japan vs Costa Rica match will kick-off on the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Where are you able to watch the Japan vs Costa Rica match in India?
The Japan vs Costa Rica match shall be telecasted reside on Sports18 and Sports18 HD. On Android and nicely as iOS, the 2022 FIFA World Cup shall be reside streamed on JioCinema.