Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2022

[heywoodu 15,142]

Right. Japan beats Germany. Costa Rica beats Japan. Ergo, Costa Rica will beat Germany.

[Monzanator 4,503]

Canada could take lessons from this one. Costa Rica with one shot on goal in two matches and they have 3 points

[Dragon 1,844]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Right. Japan beats Germany. Costa Rica beats Japan. Ergo, Costa Rica will beat Germany.

Of course it will be much funnier if Germany beat Costa Rica 12-0 and still finish 3rd in the group...

[heywoodu 15,142]

1 minute ago, Dragon said:

Of course it will be much funnier if Germany beat Costa Rica 12-0 and still finish 3rd in the group...

They could try the Spanish bribery thing against Malta (12-1) for a good score  

[heywoodu 15,142]

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Canada could take lessons from this one. Costa Rica with one shot on goal in two matches and they have 3 points

Pretty sure Costa Rica had not more than 1 xG.

[OlympicsFan 858]

Huge wasted chance for Japan. They still have everything in their own hands though. A draw against Spain will probably be enough.

Edited November 27, 2022 by OlympicsFan

[vlad 359]

Japan missed a huge chance to qualify. If Spain beat Germany today, Japan could qualify with a draw vs Costa Rica. Their chances are gone now. This is what happens when you sleep on the pitch.

[Dragon 1,844]

3 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Huge wasted chance for Japan. They still have everything in their own hands though. A draw against Spain will probably be enough.

All depends on tonight, if Spain don't win tonight then Japan will probably have to beat Spain to qualify

[heywoodu 15,142]

3 minutes ago, vlad said:

Japan missed a huge chance to qualify. If Spain beat Germany today, Japan could qualify with a draw vs Costa Rica. Their chances are gone now. This is what happens when you sleep on the pitch.

How are Japan's chances gone though? We've seen significantly weirder things at this World Cup than the things needed for Japan to qualify  

 

Spain beats Germany, Japan gets a draw against already group winner (and so not super motivated) Spain, and qualifies. No certainty, obviously, but it would barely make the top-5 of biggest surprises at this tournament so far  

[vlad 359]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

How are Japan's chances gone though? We've seen significantly weirder things at this World Cup than the things needed for Japan to qualify  

 

Spain beats Germany, Japan gets a draw against already group winner (and so not super motivated) Spain, and qualifies. No certainty, obviously, but it would barely make the top-5 of biggest surprises at this tournament so far  

My mistake, their chances are smaller now, not gone forever, sorry.

 

I don't see Spain beating Germany today If they draw, Spain will need a win in last match to win the group, so I doubt they will lose to Japan and Germany will lose to Costa Rica in last matches. 

Edited November 27, 2022 by vlad