Japan made a scintillating comeback to create a massive upset against Germany, defeating the four-time champions 2-1 in the group E match of the FIFA World Cup at the Khalifa International Stadium on Wednesday.
The current ICC Men's Cricket World Cup champions faced successive defeats and the journey from winning the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 to being defeated in Australia happened in just 10 days.
The 29-year-old was taken out with 14 minutes left in Monday's 6-2 victory against Iran after being injured by a hard tackle from Morteza Pouraliganji early in the second half. He was seen leaving the Khalifa International Stadium with a brace on his leg.
Germany were leading at the end of the first half but Japan scaled up their game in the second half, scoring in the 75th minute through Ritsu Doan and in the 83rd minute through Takuma Asano.
Japan goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda failed to prevent a goal in the 32nd minute of the match. Gundogan netted the ball straight into the goal through a penalty kick to give Germany 1-0 lead.
Amid uproar over an invitation to fugitive Zakir Naik to take part in the FIFA World Cup in Doha, it is learnt that Qatar has told India through diplomatic channels that Naik was not invited.
Both the teams started with 4-3-3 formation and Croatia, who are the 2018 World Cup runners-up, sought to stamp their authority from the beginning as they kept possession of the ball in the beginning minutes of the game.
Even though it was not their match, Japanese spectators of the inaugural match of the FIFA World Cup 2022 took to clean the stadium of the trash left behind by other fans. Its video has gone viral all over social media, leaving personalities like Anand Mahindra duly impressed.
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Olivier Giroud's brace and a stunning goal from Adrien Rabiot and Kylian Mbappe guided reigning champions France to 4-1 victory over Australia in the Group D match of the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 at the Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar.