Welcome to Sportstar’s stay weblog of the Japan vs Costa Rica Group E match from the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium.
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 facet 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 facet reeling from its 7-0 thrashing by Spain in its Group E opener.
For Costa Rica coach Luis Fernando Suarez, rebuilding his facet’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 raise the facet, 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 far 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 had been helped by six Bundesliga gamers and yet one more taking part in in Germany’s second tier, as strikes from Freiburg’s Ritsu Doan and VfL Bochum’s Takuma Asano gave the Asian facet 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 check because the Germans.
Spain lies in look forward to Japan in its ultimate group sport, however Moriyasu is aware of Sunday’s consequence could imply there’s 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.
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 stay on Sports18 and Sports18 HD. On Android and nicely as iOS, the 2022 FIFA World Cup shall be stay streamed on JioCinema.