Germany & Belgium head home, Japan top Group E & Suarez v Ghana
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The Athletic
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🗓️ 2 December 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Adam Leventhal is joined by Oli Kay and Michael Cox following another dramatic night in Qatar with two European heavyweights in Germany and Belgium exiting the World Cup.
There's reaction from Japan's dramatic win over Spain which eliminated Germany and also sent Japan through as Group E winners. Raphael Honigstein gives immediate reaction to Germany heading home, while Jack Pitt-Brooke revels in Japan's joy.
With Belgium also out coach Roberto Martinez confirmed the end of his time in charge with the panel assessing where and what next for the Spaniard before Carl Anka looks ahead to Uruguay v Ghana on Day 13 with a look back to their quarter-final meeting in 2010.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.0 | And that is it. It has finished here at the Kaliva Stadium and oh my goodness it has been a frantic evening here in the press box. |
| 0:16.0 | We've just spent the last 45 minutes, towing and throwing, trying to work out what the permutations are. What is it that Germany need? Hang on, both Spain and Germany, they're going out? No, |
| 0:24.9 | it's just Germany that going out. And as it ends, it is Japan to Spain 1. It means that Japan |
| 0:30.5 | have topped the group and Spain, as I record, are going through in second place. In fact, |
| 0:35.8 | they are going through in second place because there is now nothing that can happen in the other game to stop that event from happening. |
| 0:42.3 | Spain were in control of the first half. They were one-nil up. They were playing football like they were in your grandparents armchair. |
| 0:48.3 | Comfortable, no intention of going anywhere. And then in the second half, Japan make two changes, bringing on Doan and Asano, with a former leading the charge, scoring within five minutes in the second half Japan make two changes bringing on Doan and Asano |
| 0:55.0 | with a former leading the charge scoring within five minutes of the second half starting again. |
| 0:59.0 | We then two minutes later have Japan. They've got the ball in the back of the neck courtesy of Tanaka |
| 1:04.0 | but it looks at all the world as we look at the replays like the ball has gone out of play. |
| 1:08.0 | We can't believe that it's going to be a goal and yet yet, somehow, somewhere, there is a sliver of the ball that hasn't crossed the whitewash. |
| 1:15.6 | And Japan find themselves top of the group going through, going through to face Croatia in the last 16th. |
| 1:22.6 | And the fans are just cheering, willing their team on. |
| 1:25.6 | Towards the left of me now. They've got the drums |
| 1:28.2 | going and going and going. Their team have come and risen to the challenge of Germany and |
| 1:34.3 | Spain, beating them both to one. No one expected that. But this is football. This is why we love |
| 1:40.3 | the World Cup. This is drama at his absolute finest. |
| 1:44.6 | Wow. |
| 1:46.1 | Wow, indeed. |
| 1:46.9 | What a night. |
| 1:50.5 | That was the athletics, Abby Patterson at the Khalifa Stadium after that incredible, controversial 2-1 win for Japan over Spain. |
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