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The Khalifa stadium witnessed the game between Spain and Japan, with a 2-1 victory for the Japanese. In a relatively even first half, the Spaniards stood up with their touch game and dominated the actions with Álvaro Morata taking all the flashes by scoring the first goal. However, in the second half, the story would be different.
It was barely a minute 13 when Juventus striker Álvaro Morata put the Spaniards ahead with his third World Cup goal Qatar . The rest of the first part would be controlled by Spain, although they did not end up concretizing the goals.
And the Spaniards thus received the scare of their lives after a bad control by Unai Simón who ended up rejecting but in a clear situation for the Japanese team.
Finally, both teams would go to the locker room with the advantage for those led by the Asturian Luis Enrique.
The dynamics of the second half
Japan came out in the second half to put pressure on the Spanish National Team and in just eight minutes he managed to turn the result around. First, Ritsu Dōan took advantage of a mistake at the start by Baldé and a poor clearance by Unai Simón and scored the equalizing goal.
The footballer ended up being decisive as in the previous game against Germany.
Ao Tanaka to the minute 80 scored the second goal for the Japanese and left the Spanish fans speechless who saw how possession made no difference to the score.
In the absence of 13 game minutes, Spain’s possession was 13% with only one shot on goal that was also blocked, the goal expectation was 0, %, those led by Luis Enrique dominated the ball but not the game and also with an eye on the game between Germany and Costa Rica.
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