Emirates News Agency – Germany faces Spain in fatal match, Morocco challenges Belgium’s World Cup experience

Doha, November 26 / WAM / The second round of the matches of the fifth and sixth rounds of the first round of the 2022 World Cup kicks off tomorrow, “Sunday”, with four matches in which Japan will face Costa Rica, Spain Germany, Belgium with Morocco and Croatia with Canada.
Spain’s game with Germany receives the most attention of all tomorrow’s games. which made his result decisive for the German team’s chances of continuing in the current World Cup.
The Spain national team achieved their biggest World Cup victory so far, defeating Costa Rica 7-0, while the German national team suffered a shocking 1-2 defeat against their Japanese counterpart, with a score of 1-2.
The Spanish national team will therefore play tomorrow’s match looking for a victory that will qualify them directly for the round of 16, while for the German national team any result other than victory will confirm their exit from the tournament.
The players of the two teams have a great understanding of each other, in light of the presence of many of them in the same European clubs, in addition to the multiple confrontations that have brought together European teams at continental and global level.
The two teams had already met four times in World Cup tournaments, Germany winning twice, drawing once, and Spain winning their last meeting in the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
As for the official clash in all tournaments, the two teams have met in 25 games, Germany winning 9, drawing 8 and Spain winning 8, including the last meeting which brought them together in the European Nations League in 2020, and Spain won 6 -0.

In the same Group E, Japan will meet its Costa Rican counterpart at 14:00 UAE time.
The Japanese national team is entering this confrontation after scoring 3 costly points against the German national team, which increased their chances of qualifying for the second round, which could be achieved if they beat Costa Rica and reach sixth point, while Costa Rica the national team tries to erase the image that appeared in front of Spain and try to correct the situation, especially since his last match will be against the German national team.
Costa Rica is looking forward to recovering from its biggest loss in the history of its participation in the World Cup.
In Group F, the Moroccan national team will meet the Belgian national team at 17:00 local time.
The Moroccan national team enters this confrontation with high hopes of preserving their chances of qualifying for the second round, after a goalless draw in their opening match with Croatia, the summer of 2018 edition, and of obtaining their first point in the current World Cup .
But he is well aware of the difficulty of the confrontation with his Belgian rival, first in the group after beating Canada 1-0.
The Moroccan national team relies on the experience of its players to face European teams in World Cup tournaments, and the two teams have already faced each other once in the 1994 World Cup, and the Belgian national team won 1-0.
In the same group, Croatia and Canada will meet at eight in the evening UAE time, which is the first World Cup confrontation between them in their history.
And while Croatia, runners-up at the 2018 World Cup, opened their career with a goalless draw against Morocco, Canada lost to Belgium, which makes the two teams’ position very close.