Japan paid the price for their guarding errors last time out and will have to go all out in this match to secure a win.
advancement
The last game in Group F ended with Croats falling to second place. And the last Group F match ended with Croesus falling to second place
advancement
If Germany wins and Spain loses, they can finish second in the group.
advancement
Avoiding Croesus isn't a bad thing. The game unfolded with each one calculating.
The starting lineup for the opening match, Japan changed to a 343 formation with three center backs, pulling the original left back Yuto Nagatomo into the midfield, with Akihiro Taniguchi as the third center back, and Kubo Kanei, Maeda Daizan, and Kamada Daichi as the three strikers, clearly demonstrating an attempt to steal a win. However, after the match, Japan pulled the two wings of the four midfielders back to the fullback position, and Kamada and Kubo pulled back to the midfield, turning it into a 541, with Maeda running in the single-arrow formation. It can be seen that Mori Bao'ichi intends to replicate the match against Germany: in the first half, he took a dead guard and tried to deplete the physical strength of the Spanish defense with Maeda's running, and then in the second half, he changed the players to use the main players who have plenty of physical strength to fight against the Spanish defense which has already depleted its physical strength for half the match. In the second half, the Spanish defense, which had already spent half of the game, was replaced by players with plenty of energy to make a breakthrough.
The first half was bitter for Japan, who had to be able to withstand a 45-minute Spanish onslaught and maintain at least a 0:0 or 1:0 stance in order to retain a chance of winning the second half. Japan had only 14% of the ball in the first half, indicating that Spain was in control of at least 80% of the offense, and made a mistake in the opening 11 minutes of the match, when Maya Yoshida's handoff with Hwang Itakura wasn't actually headed in by the currently in-form Morata's goal added to Japan's woes.
Maya Yoshida and Itakura Hwang's handoff missed the defense.
At the beginning of the second half, Japan immediately made the same staff dispatch as Germany, Spain's defense suffered very few challenges throughout the game, but the error rate was very high, the first breakthrough in the first half was not Spain's attacking force, but rather Japan, in the seventh minute, Spain's defense mistakes made Japan have a great opportunity in the Spanish penalty area, but unfortunately, the ball stopping mistakes made Spain's defense have time to make up for the mistake. In the 47th minute of the second half, Spain's own ball, Japan from the backfield to the front of the field, goalkeeper Simon clear the ball, Balde's stopping error was Don Yasuru mastered the opportunity to long-distance shot to score. The second goal was conceded by Spain, which gave Maeda and Kaoru Mitaka the possibility to chase the ball from the bottom line, which also showed Japan's attitude of not giving up, and allowed Japan to make a successful comeback.
force the goalie (in soccer)
Spain's defense gives Maeda and Mitani a chance.
Sanfelt doesn't give up chasing the ball and gives a chance to score.
Pressing line save reversal (photo credit from Knowledge)
Japan has already shown its ability to attack with European teams in the last World Cup against Belgium, but was reversed due to physical problems, details can be found in the author's previous article Glorious Battle of the Little BIG!!!! Japan vs Belgium match review? In this year, under the rule of five substitutions, Japan was able to take the mode of attacking with European teams with abundant personnel dispatch, and I believe that the next game Mori Baoichi supervised the double killing of the World Cup champions, and will also be the same way to play against Croesus, however, Japan has dropped the ball in every game in the World Cup, which makes the team to win the team has to have more than two goals, and scoring two goals in 45 minutes, which is not an easy task. Scoring two goals in 45 minutes is not an easy task, so consolidating the defense is something that Mori needs to worry about now.
For Spain, this loss in the preliminary round is not a bad thing, starting with a second place in the group
advancement
In the first match against Morocco, while avoiding Brazil, but Spain's back line is a major concern, in Germany, Japan's game, encountered the opponent's high-speed pressing easy to make mistakes leading to loss of the ball, in the
semifinals
This scenario may also occur when we meet Morocco in the middle of the season, and how we defend will be the key to whether Spain can move forward in the future.
