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GERMANY vs. JAPAN
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Khalifa International Stadium

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
GERMANY
1 – 2
JAPAN
✦ REFEREE: Iván Arcides Barton Cisneros
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 33' • Ilkay Gündogan
  • 45' •
  • 57' •
  • 57' •
  • 67' •
  • 67' •
  • 71' •
  • 74' •
  • 75' ⚽ Ritsu Doan
  • 79' •
  • 79' •
  • 83' ⚽ Takuma Asano
  • 90' •
▶ MATCH STATS
GER 74% POSSESSION 26% JPN
GER 26 SHOTS 12 JPN
GER 9 SHOTS ON TARGET 4 JPN
GER 6 FOULS 14 JPN
GER 2 SAVES 8 JPN
GER 0 RED CARDS 0 JPN
▶ LINE-UPS
GERMANY
STARTING XI
  1. GKManuel Neuer
  2. DFNico Schlotterbeck
  3. DFAntonio Rüdiger
  4. DFDavid Raum
  5. DFNiklas Süle
  6. MFThomas Müller
  7. MFIlkay Gündogan
  8. MFJoshua Kimmich
  9. FWKai Havertz
  10. MFJamal Musiala
  11. MFSerge Gnabry
SUBSTITUTES
  • Jonas Hofmann▲ 67'
  • Leon Goretzka▲ 67'
  • Niclas Füllkrug▲ 79'
  • Youssoufa Moukoko▲ 90'
  • Mario Götze▲ 79'
JAPAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKShuichi Gonda
  2. DFMaya Yoshida
  3. DFKou Itakura
  4. DFYuto Nagatomo
  5. DFHiroki Sakai
  6. MFDaichi Kamada
  7. MFAo Tanaka
  8. MFWataru Endo
  9. FWDaizen Maeda
  10. MFTakefusa Kubo
  11. MFJunya Ito
SUBSTITUTES
  • Takehiro Tomiyasu▲ 45'
  • Takuma Asano▲ 57'⚽
  • Kaoru Mitoma▲ 57'
  • Ritsu Doan▲ 71'⚽
  • Takumi Minamino▲ 74'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

GERMANY
Die Mannschaft
EST. 1900
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
JAPAN
The Samurai Blue
EST. 1921
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ GERMANY
▶ JAPAN
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