A complete revolution in Spain’s aspirations for the World Cup in Qatar. An instant loss to Japan and Costa Rica’s victory over Germany knock Luis Enrique’s team out of the competition.

Japan played the first part in two minutes, in which Spain took the lead thanks to Morata’s goal and significantly outnumbered their rivals. As a result, Japan would be in the lead and Costa Rica would be in second, and Spain would be out of the game.

Spain ended the first 45 minutes where they were clearly superior to the Asian team, although they only managed to beat the Japanese goalkeeper once thanks to Morata’s header from Azpilicueta’s pass. The Madrid striker, who played his first match as a starter at the World Cup in Qatar, was Spain’s top scorer in the tournament with 3 goals.

Despite being a decisive game, the clash lacked emotion in the first half as Spain prevented Japan from creating danger. The only approach of the Japanese came at the expense of 0:0 after a robbery in the penalty area of ​​the Spaniards, which ended with a kick into the net.

After an ineffective first 45 minutes, Japan advanced to the classification and turned the tables 0-1 with which they reached the break in two minutes. With the current record, Japan would be in the lead and Spain in second thanks to a favorable goal difference with Germany. Madness swept the second part and