BERLIN, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — Japan staged a scientific efficiency and scored twice in every half to flabbergast Germany 4-1 in Wolfsburg on Saturday.
The Germans began on the entrance foot and pressed the Samurai Blue into the protection.
The guests shocked the hosts with 11 minutes although when Yukinari Sugawara’s cross to the close to put up allowed Junya Ito to faucet house the opener from a good angle.
Germany responded properly and restored parity solely eight minutes later after Leroy Sane completed off a mix by way of captain Ilkay Gundogan and Florian Wirtz.
However, Japan remained unimpressed and grabbed the lead once more within the twenty second minute as Ito arrange for Ayase Ueda, who slotted house to realize the 2-1 benefit from shut vary.
Japan staged a well-positioned protection in addition to solely Wirtz got here shut after pulling vast from a promising place on the half-hour mark.
The Samurai Blue almost made it three simply earlier than the break however for all that Ueda could not overcome Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen in a one-on-one.
Ter Stegen had his palms full of labor after the restart as Germany’s No. 1 needed to neutralize Ueda’s try within the 54th minute earlier than denying Takuma Asano in a one-on-one within the seventieth minute.
Japan stored their deal with the protection within the closing phases however nonetheless caught Germany flatfooted as Takefusa Kubo dispossessed Robin Gossens earlier than squaring into the trail of Asano, who tapped house into the empty aim to place the end result past doubt within the ninetieth minute.
Things went from dangerous to worse for Hansi Flick’s males as Japan wasn’t finished with the scoring and made it 4-1 after Ao Tanaka nodded house Kubo’s whipped cross within the dying seconds of the match.
With the end result, Germany misplaced its third straight sport for the primary time in 38 years.
“We are, of course, really disappointed, but we have to acknowledge that Japan was the better team today. We started well while Japan scored with its first chance. We then came back but had to swallow a setback straight away. Japan ruthlessly exploited our individual mistakes. We must put another performance on the pitch against France,” stated Germany coach Flick.
Germany faces France for the following worldwide conflict whereas Japan encounters Turkey on Tuesday.