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Another big upset in FIFA World Cup, Japan defeated 4-time champion Germany
Another major upset has happened today in the Football World Cup 2022. Japan has defeated Germany in their group opener match in the FIFA World Cup 2022. A very exciting match was witnessed between Germany and Japan. Japan beat Germany 2-1. Significantly, Germany has won the Football World Cup title 4 times. Germany won the title in 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006. Talking about the FIFA rankings, Germany is at number 11, while Japan’s team is at number 24.
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Ilke Gundogan scored the first goal of the match for Germany. However, Japan came back and scored a goal in the 75th minute. This goal was scored by Ritsu Doan of Japan. After this, Takuma Asano scored the winning goal for Japan. Earlier, Saudi Arabia stunned football fans around the world by pulling off one of the biggest upsets of the World Cup when they beat Lionel Messi-led Argentina 2-1 here on Tuesday. The star striker’s hopes of becoming the world champion for the first time also suffered a blow as Messi’s team suffered an early defeat.
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German players cover their faces ahead of World Cup match in protest
Germany players cover their faces during the team’s first pre-match photo at the World Cup amid FIFA’s crackdown on plans to wear armbands to protest discrimination in host country Qatar method of condemnation. The team lined up in the traditional way before Wednesday’s match against Japan, but all 11 players covered their mouths with their right hands. It appears that this was a response to FIFA’s warning to the seven European federations, including Germany.
