Japan v Costa Rica, 27 November 2022

Score1-0 to Costa Rica
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group E
VenueAhmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance41,479
Kick-off: 1.00pm local (10.00am GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Japan 24, Costa Rica 31 . This was both teams' second game at this World Cup tournament. While Japan shocked Germany with a 2-1 win in their opening games at this World Cup finals, Costa Rica’s 7-0 loss to Spain equalled their biggest-ever defeat; also versus Mexico in the Panamerican Championship in Mexico City in August 1975. . Japan had not lost in four previous meetings with Costa Rica (all friendlies, won three). . Asian nations had now won one of their nine games at the World Cup finals against members of the CONCACAF federation (Iran versus USA in 1998). . Japan failed in their attempt to win consecutive games at the World Cup finals for the first time since 2002 (versus Russia and Tunisia). They had now still yet to win their first two group games at the tournaments. . Costa Rica were without a win in their preceding seven games at the World Cup finals (lost three) and failed to score in five of them. . Costa Rica won their only previous World Cup finals game against an Asian nation (2-0 versus China PR in 2002). . Costa Rica had now won ten of their last 15 games (lost two). . Keylor Navas and Celso Borges became the first players to make ten appearances for Costa Rica at World Cup tournaments. . Two goals had now been scored in the first-half of the six games that kicked-off at 1.00pm Qatar time. .

0  Japan

Manager: Hajime Moriyasu

1  Costa Rica

Manager: Luis Fernando Suárez

Goals:

Goals:

Keysher Fuller 81 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda
Defender Ko Itakura
Defender Yūto Nagatomo
Defender Miki Yamane
Defender Maya Yoshida (captain)
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Hidemasa Morita
Midfielder Ritsu Doan
Midfielder Daichi Kamada
Midfielder Yūki Sōma
Forward Ayase Ueda

Starting lineup:

Keylor Navas Goalkeeper (captain)
Francisco Calvo Defender
Óscar Duarte Defender
Keysher Fuller Defender
Kendall Waston Defender
Bryan Oviedo Defender/Midfielder
Celso Borges Midfielder
Gerson Torres Midfielder
Yeltsin Tejeda Midfielder
Joel Campbell Midfielder/Forward
Anthony Contreras Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Takuma Asano for Ayase Ueda 46
Hiroki Ito for Yūto Nagatomo 46
Kaoru Mitoma for Miki Yamane 62
Junya Ito for Ritsu Doan 67
Takumi Minamino for Yūki Sōma 82

Substitutions:

Brandon Aguilera for Gerson Torres 65
Jewison Bennette for Anthony Contreras 65
Youstin Salas for Celso Borges 89
Daniel Chacón for Joel Campbell 95

Cards:

Miki Yamane 44 Y
Ko Itakura 84 Y
Wataru Endo 93 Y

Cards:

Anthony Contreras 41 Y
Celso Borges 62 Y
Francisco Calvo 70 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima
Goalkeeper Daniel Schmidt
Defender Hiroki Ito
Defender Hiroki Sakai
Defender/Midfielder Shogo Taniguchi
Defender/Midfielder Takehiro Tomiyasu
Midfielder Gaku Shibasaki
Midfielder Ao Tanaka
Midfielder/Forward Junya Ito
Midfielder/Forward Takefusa Kubo
Midfielder/Forward Shuto Machino
Midfielder/Forward Daizen Maeda
Midfielder/Forward Takumi Minamino
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Forward Takuma Asano

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado
Goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira
Defender Douglas López
Defender Carlos Martínez
Defender/Midfielder Rónald Matarrita
Midfielder Brandon Aguilera
Midfielder Daniel Chacón
Midfielder Youstin Salas
Midfielder Alvaro Zamora
Midfielder/Forward Jewison Bennette
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Hernández
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Ruiz
Midfielder/Forward Roan Wilson
Forward Johan Venegas

0  Japan

Manager: Hajime Moriyasu

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda
Defender Ko Itakura
Defender Yūto Nagatomo
Defender Miki Yamane
Defender Maya Yoshida (captain)
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Hidemasa Morita
Midfielder Ritsu Doan
Midfielder Daichi Kamada
Midfielder Yūki Sōma
Forward Ayase Ueda

Substitutions:

Takuma Asano for Ayase Ueda 46
Hiroki Ito for Yūto Nagatomo 46
Kaoru Mitoma for Miki Yamane 62
Junya Ito for Ritsu Doan 67
Takumi Minamino for Yūki Sōma 82

Cards:

Miki Yamane 44 Y
Ko Itakura 84 Y
Wataru Endo 93 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima
Goalkeeper Daniel Schmidt
Defender Hiroki Ito
Defender Hiroki Sakai
Defender/Midfielder Shogo Taniguchi
Defender/Midfielder Takehiro Tomiyasu
Midfielder Gaku Shibasaki
Midfielder Ao Tanaka
Midfielder/Forward Junya Ito
Midfielder/Forward Takefusa Kubo
Midfielder/Forward Shuto Machino
Midfielder/Forward Daizen Maeda
Midfielder/Forward Takumi Minamino
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Forward Takuma Asano

1  Costa Rica

Manager: Luis Fernando Suárez

Goals:

Keysher Fuller 81 G

Starting lineup:

Keylor Navas Goalkeeper (captain)
Francisco Calvo Defender
Óscar Duarte Defender
Keysher Fuller Defender
Kendall Waston Defender
Bryan Oviedo Defender/Midfielder
Celso Borges Midfielder
Gerson Torres Midfielder
Yeltsin Tejeda Midfielder
Joel Campbell Midfielder/Forward
Anthony Contreras Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Brandon Aguilera for Gerson Torres 65
Jewison Bennette for Anthony Contreras 65
Youstin Salas for Celso Borges 89
Daniel Chacón for Joel Campbell 95

Cards:

Anthony Contreras 41 Y
Celso Borges 62 Y
Francisco Calvo 70 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado
Goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira
Defender Douglas López
Defender Carlos Martínez
Defender/Midfielder Rónald Matarrita
Midfielder Brandon Aguilera
Midfielder Daniel Chacón
Midfielder Youstin Salas
Midfielder Alvaro Zamora
Midfielder/Forward Jewison Bennette
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Hernández
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Ruiz
Midfielder/Forward Roan Wilson
Forward Johan Venegas