The international press, shocked by Germany’s defeat against Japan: “The worst memories of 2018”

Argentina’s defeat by Saudi Arabia in their opening game Qatar World Cup It was the shock of the first date. But not the only one. At the Khalifa International Stadium, for the first match of Group E, Germany surprisingly lost to Japan 2-1 and aroused the amazement of the international press for the historic victory of the Asian team.

“Beginning debacle for Germany”titled the newspaper Bildone of the most important media in the European country, which underlines how the fall with Japan recalls the “Worst Memories of 2018”when the manschaft He was eliminated in the first round of the World Cup in Russia after losing to South Korea and Mexico and only beating Sweden.

In France, where the local team started with a solid victory despite starting from behind to Australia, the sports newspaper The Team pointed out that “Japan Creates the Sensation” of Qatar 2022.

Across the Channel, the British media Keeper pointed out that Japan has achieved a “comeback” that “shocked the four-times world champions”.

‘Germany’s Harakiri: Japan surprise 2-1 comeback win’headline the Italians of the sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, referring to the Japanese rite of suicide, for reasons of honor or by higher order, which consists in opening the belly.

In Spain, interested in this result because the team is part of the same group as Costa RicaThe specialized media Marca, from Madrid, and Mundo Deportivo, from Barcelona, ​​also reported the Japanese comeback in Qatar on their front pages.

‘Japan beat Germany in Spain’s group’wrote the Catalans, who highlighted “the historic victory of the Japanese team against the four-time world champion coming from behind from a Gündogan goal from a penalty”.

Marca, meanwhile, recalled what happened with Argentina and noted that it was “Another World Coup”. The note reads that “the Japanese overcame the ‘total domination’ of Flick’s men in the first half and recovered from Gündogan’s goal in the second with goals from Doan and Asano”.

Even in America, the Asian victory did not go unnoticed. The New York Timesone of the most important newspapers in the world, highlighted that “after the German protest (against FIFA for not being able to use the One Love rainbow on the team captains armbands in Qatar) and an anticipated advantage, Japan stole the spotlight“.

In a game which Germany dominated and which opened in the 33rd minute of the first half, with a penalty scored by Ilkay Gundogan, Ritsu Doan equalized with 15 minutes remaining after grabbing the rebound from a Manuel Neuer save from Takumi Minamino and Takuma Asano. Result at 84 to define the fall of the German team at its debut, just as happened in Russia 2018.