J.League players have a role to play Japan defeat German 2-1, Wednesday (11/23/2022). Three club players J.League they appear as appetizers.
The win was Japan’s first comeback victory in a World Cup match. Germany took a 1-0 lead thanks to Ilkay Gundogan’s penalty in the first half.
Daihyo gave two second-half goals back thanks to two substitutes, Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano. Hajime Moriyasu’s team also won 2-1 over European teams, at Khalifa International Stadium, Ar-Rayyan, Doha, Qatar,
Players from the J1 League also played an important role in this historic victory. of seven players J.League that Japan brought to the 2022 World Cup, three of which started against Germany.
At fullback, Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Red Diamonds) on the right and Yuto Nagatomo (FCTokyo) on the left. Yuto Nagatomo played 57 minutes before being replaced by Kaoru Mitoma.
Nagatomo, who is participating in his fourth World Cup, has recorded one sweep, one aerial duel victory, 86% passing success, 15 touches on the ball, one key pass and one cross.
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Japan senior international Yuto Nagatomo (white) was substituted in the second half in a sensational 2-1 comeback victory over Germany. Photo: doc. J League
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Hiroki Sakai played 74 minutes before being replaced by Takumi Minamino. Sakai appeared tremendous defensively making five throws, a block, an interception, four tackles and won five seven of the 14 duels he made.
 Japan international player Hiroki Sakai performed well against Germany. Photo: doc. J League |
As for the attack, Sakai scoured the right flank Japanese National making 48 touches, 57% successful passes, one key pass and one shot.
The appearance of the two supported the goalkeeper’s polished appearance Shuichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse), selected to be mone of the match FIFA version.
Gonda actually started the game well enough, before then ripping David Raum to give Germany a penalty in the 33rd minute.
Aside from that, Gonda actually appeared as an unshakable wall in Samurai Blue’s backline. He was inundated with 26 shots from the German international, including nine on target.
 Japan international goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda made many brilliant saves in the 2-1 victory over Germany. Photo: doc. J League |
Throughout the match, Gonda had to make eight saves. First, Gonda had to make an incredible three saves in a row from Jonas Hofmann’s chances and Serge Gnabry’s brace, keeping the Japanese goal still clean.
Throughout history, only Yoshitaku Kawaguchi against Brazil in the 2006 World Cup has made more World Cup saves for Samurai Blue in one match (10 saves). Next, the players J.League and the Japan national team will face Costa Rica in their second match of Group E, on Sunday (27/11/2022), at Ahmad bin Ali, Ar-Rayyan stadium.