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The third round of Group E of the World Cup in Qatar ended with a highlight match when the German men's team beat the Costa Rican men's team 4-2 to reach four points, and because of the goal difference behind Spain, they finally sealed the third place in the group and played a 3-2 victory in vain. According to statistics, Germany has never been out of the group stage for 2 consecutive times and now has a humiliating record of 92 years.
As a four-time World Cup champion, Germany lost to Japan in the first round and drew with Spain in the second round, which was the first time in the team's history that they went without a win in the first two rounds of the World Cup, and at the same time caused the team to qualify badly, only one point to fall to the bottom of the group.
In the final round against Costa Rica, Germany's bottom line is to win, and at the same time have to look to Spain to help defeat Japan, so that Germany accumulates 4 points to move up to the second place in the group, and if Spain loses, Germany will be eliminated from any outcome. According to statistics, the two teams only met in the World Cup in 2006, when Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2.
Immediately after the opening, Germany laid siege to Costa Rica's back line. In the opening 10th minute, Raum crossed from the left and Gnabry headed in the net, goalkeeper Keylor could not save and Costa Rica was 1-0 down.
Spain is currently in first place in the real-time standings of Group E with seven points, Germany is second with four points, Japan is reduced to third and Costa Rica is bottom.
The German siege continued, and Costa Rica could only fight back for an opportunity. In the 39th minute, Gnabry stopped the ball in the box and turned around to shoot slightly deflected wide. In the 41st minute, Rudiger missed the equaliser with a missed chance when Wrår's one-handed shot was saved by Neuer.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Japan beat Spain 2-1 in the other game of the group, which brought Germany to third in the group, and a few minutes later, Germany conceded a goal in the back line and was equalised 1-1 by Costa Rica, returning to the bottom of the group.
What hit Germany even more was that after two consecutive shots, the back line conceded the ball again, such a score, then Germany and Spain are out. In desperation, substitute Kai Havertz scored twice to help Germany take another 3-2 lead. In the final moments, Phil Kruger came off the bench to seal a 4-2 victory for Germany.
In the other match in the same group, Spain won first and then lost, conceded two goals in a row in the second half, and was finally defeated by Japan 1-2. In the final Group E standings, Japan rose to first place with 6 points, Spain and Germany with 4 points, Spain secured second on goal difference, Germany ranked third, and Costa Rica, who finished bottom, was eliminated.