WORLD CUP 2022 - DAY 4
Picture : Takuma Asano scored the winning goal of Japan against Germany !
DAY 4
23 NOVEMBER 2022
GROUP F
Morocco 0-0 Croatia
Morocco's Goalkeeper Bounou was again remarkable !
Yellow cards: Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco)
Line ups:
Morocco: Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Nayef Aguerd, Ghanem Saiss, Noussair Mazraoui (Yahya Attia Allah 60), Azzedine Ounahi (Abdelhamid Sabiri 82), Sofyan Amrabat, Selim Amallah, Hakim Ziyech, Youssef En-Nesyri (Abd Al Razke Hamdalah 81), Sofiane Boufal (Abdessamad Ezzalzouli 65)
Croatia: Dominik Livakovic, Borna Sosa, Josko Gvardiol, Dejan Lovren, Josip Juranovic, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic (Lovro Majer 79), Ivan Perisic (Mislav Orsic 90), Andrej Kramaric (Marko Livaja 71), Nikola Vlasic (Mario Pasalic 46)
Venue: Al Bayt Stadium
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
GROUP E
Germany 1-2 Japan
Scorers: Gundogan 33 (pen) for Germany / Ritsu Doan 75, Takuma Asano 83 for Japan.
Line ups:
Germany: Manuel Neuer, Niklas Sule, Nico Schlotterbeck, Antonio Rudiger, David Raum, Joshua Kimmich, Ilkay Gundogan (Leon Goretzka 67), Serge Gnabry (Youssoufa Moukoko 90), Thomas Muller (Jonas Hofmann 67), Jamal Musiala (Mario Gotze 79), Kai Havertz (iclas Fullkrug 79)
Japan: Shuichi Gonda, Yuto Nagatomo (Kaoru Mitoma 57), Kou Itakura, Maya Yoshida, Hiroki Sakai (Takumi Minamino 75), Ao Tanaka (Ritsu Doan 71), Wataru Endo, Takefusa Kubo (Takehiro Tomiyasu 46), Daichi Kamada, Junya Ito, Daizen Maeda (Takuma Asano 57)
Venue: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Ivan Barton (El Salvador)
GROUP E
Spain 7-0 Costa Rica
Wonderful first goal of Olmo !
Scorers: Olmo 11, Asensio 20, Torres 30 (pen), 55, Gavi 74, Solar 90, Morata 90 +3 for Spain
Yellow cards:
Calvo, Campbell (Costa Rica)
Starting line-ups:
Spain: Unai Simon, Cesar Azpilicueta, Rodri, Aymeric Laporte, Jordi Alba (Alejandro Balde 63), Sergio Busquets (Koke 63), Gavi, Pedri (Carlos Solar 57), Ferran Torres (Alvaro Morata 57), Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio (Nico Williams 57)
Costa Rica: Keylor Navas, Carlos Castro (Kendall Waston 46) , Keysher Spence, Oscar Duarte, Francisco Calvo, Bryan Oviedo (Ronald Matarrita 82), Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges (Brandon Aguilera Zamora 72), Jewison Villegas (Bryan Ruiz 62), Joel Campbell, Anthony Enriquez (Alvaro Zamora 61)
Venue: Al Thumama Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed (UAE)
GROUP F
Belgium 1-0 Canada
Belgium's striker Batshuayi was the matchwinner !
Scorer: Batshuayi 44 for Belgium
Yellow cards: Carrasco 9, Meunier 54, Onana 57 (Belgium)/ Davies 82, Johnston 83 (Canada)
Line-ups:
Belgium: Thibaut Courtois, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Leander Dendoncker, Axel Witsel, Kevin De Bruyne, Yannick Carrasco (Thomas Meunier 46), Timothy Castagne, Youri Tielemans (Amadou Mvom Onana 46), Eden Hazard (Leandro Trossard 62), Michy Batshuayi (Lois Openda 78)
Canada: Milan Borjan, Alistair Johnston, Kamal Miller, Steven Vitoria, Stephen Eustaquio (Jonathan Osorio 81), Junior Hoilett (Cyle Larin 58), Atiba Hutchinson, Richie Laryea (Sam Adekugbe 74), Tajon Buchanan (Liam Millar 81), Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David
Venue: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)