At 18:00 Beijing time on November 27, Japan will play Costa Rica in the second round of Group E of the World Cup group stage. In the first half, neither Japan nor Costa Rica had too good chances, and at halftime, Japan 0-0 Costa Rica; In the second half, Japan went on the offensive wave, with shots from Hang Endo and Hidemasa Morita threatening, followed by a mistake by Hidemasa Morita and Fleur's left-footed shot to give Costa Rica a 1-0 lead over Japan.
In the first half, Costa Rica took the lead. In the third minute, Don Anliu's shot from the top of the penalty area deflected off the left post. In the 4th minute, Kherson-Torres' long-range shot from outside was blocked. In the 35th minute, Calvo's shot from the top of the penalty area was blocked by a defender and Campbell's shot from the outside of his foot went high. In the 38th minute, Endo's shot from the top of the penalty area was blocked again. At half-time, the two teams exchanged white rolls.
In the second half, Japan kicked off. In the 46th minute, Hidemasa Morita collided with his teammates in the middle of the field, Hidemasa Morita broke out with a cold arrow from the outside and was saved by Keylor Navas, and Takuma Asano on the right side of the penalty area was deflected. In the 48th minute, Asano Takuma's bottom line broke through the inverted triangle knockback, and Endo's cold arrow was blocked from the perimeter.
In the 50th minute, the Japanese team's corner kick was pushed out, and then passed into the box, Asano Takuma's powerful shot was blocked, and Yuki Soma on the left side of the penalty area followed up with an angry shot and was blocked again.
Tejeda blocked two consecutive shots in the box
。 In the 56th minute, Campbell's long pass from the left side of the penalty area was followed up by Walston's header that deflected wide.
In the 61st minute, Yuki Soma cut two steps sideways from the left and volleyed into the far corner. Boggs was then shown a yellow card for a foul. In the 63rd minute, Yuki Soma took a free kick and his right-footed curled ball was deflected. In the 69th minute, Junya Ito broke inside and was dragged to the top of the arc for a foul, Calvo was shown a yellow card by the referee, and Kamada Daichi's free kick was blocked by the wall.
In the 80th minute, Costa Rica broke the deadlock, and Maya Yoshida in the middle of the backfield distributed the ball to Hidemasa Morita, Hidemasa Morita did not stop, Costa Rica intercepted the counterattack, Freer at the top of the arc shot with his left foot, goalkeeper Shu Kwon Tian saved the ball, the ball still got into the goal, Costa Rica led Japan 1-0.
Japan starters: goalkeeper 12 - Shuichi Kwonda; Defenders 2 - Yamane Seera, 4 - Itakura Takashi, 5 - Yuto Nagatomo, 22 - Maya Yoshida; Midfielders 6 - Hang Endo, 8 - Yasuru Do, 13 - Hidemasa Morita, 15 - Daichi Kamata; Forwards 24 - Yuki Soma, 21 - Kiyo Ueda.
Costa Rica starters: goalkeeper 1 - Keylor Navas; Defenders 4 Frear, 6 Duarte, 8 Orvieto, 15 Calvio, 19 Worston; Midfielders 5 - Borges, 13 - Gelson Torres, 17 - Yeltsin Tejeda, 12 - Joel Campbell; Striker 7 - Contras.