FT: JAPAN 0 - 1 COSTA RICA. Match thread

[Michael Morris]

Match Officials:

Referee: Michael OLIVER 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
AR 1: Stuart BURT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
AR 2: Simon BENNETT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
4th: Maguette NDIAYE 🇸🇳
5to: El Hadji Samba 🇸🇳
VAR: Jerome Brisard 🇫🇷
AVAR: Benoit Millot 🇫🇷
OVAR: Cyril Gringore 🇫🇷
SVAR: Adil Zourak 🇲🇦
SBAVAR: Nicolas Danos 🇫🇷

[the other bob wilson]

Re: JAPAN v COSTA RICA. Match thread, ko 10am

Costa Rica take the lead - qualification suddenly gets easier for Germany.

[Swiss Peter]

Re: JAPAN v COSTA RICA. Match thread, ko 10am

Costa Rica take the lead - qualification suddenly gets easier for Germany.

Yeah not sure why the commentator said after the goal 'if Germany lose tonight they'll be out'. This looks like a lifeline.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: JAPAN v COSTA RICA. Match thread, ko 10am

Yeah not sure why the commentator said after the goal 'if Germany lose tonight they'll be out'. This looks like a lifeline.

If it stays 1-0 to Costa Rica and Spain beat Germany, the Germans could still qualify with three points if they beat Costa Rica and Spain beat Japan - Tyldesley’s a clown.

[Swiss Peter]

Re: JAPAN v COSTA RICA. Match thread, ko 10am

If it stays 1-0 to Costa Rica and Spain beat Germany, the Germans could still qualify with three points if they beat Costa Rica and Spain beat Japan - Tyldesley’s a clown.

:thumbup: That's what I thought. They'll probably go on and win it :hehe:

Strange score this though.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: JAPAN v COSTA RICA. Match thread, ko 10am

:thumbup: That's what I thought. They'll probably go on and win it :hehe:

Strange score this though.

I don’t like being critical because I’m still so grateful that we’re in the competition, but, after that Costa Rica win, I can only think of Qatar as being worse than us out of the thirty two teams. We’re a lot better than we’ve shown so far, people are keeping on about Bale and Ramsey, but no one’s risen to the occasion yet in what should be one of the highlights of their careers.

[Hilts]

Re: JAPAN v COSTA RICA. Match thread, ko 10am

The 1st World Cup I remember was 78 and the Scots getting humiliated against Peru and I think drawing with Iran.

However they got a lot of pride back by putting in a fantastic display against Holland and a brilliant goal by Archie Gemmill.

These players have a chance to at least get some pride back. Im not saying we will beat England but at least go down fighting and give them a game and who knows pull off a shock.

[Dorcus]

Re: JAPAN v COSTA RICA. Match thread, ko 10am

I don’t like being critical because I’m still so grateful that we’re in the competition, but, after that Costa Rica win, I can only think of Qatar as being worse than us out of the thirty two teams. We’re a lot better than we’ve shown so far, people are keeping on about Bale and Ramsey, but no one’s risen to the occasion yet in what should be one of the highlights of their careers.

There's very few poor sides reach this stage of the competition these days and it's almost like the Championship where any team can beat any other on the day.