The Japanese national team gave the second blow to Qatar World Cup 2022: They beat Germany 2-1 and left the powerful European team very difficult for qualification for the round of 16.
Believe it or not, this Tuesday is not an unprecedented feat: in super champions -or Captain Tsubasa-, the Asian team had already beaten the Teutonic tank.
This Wednesday was the third meeting between the senior teams of Japan and Germany and the first official. Which, as we have already anticipated, not counting the times they “faced” in the famous anime from the turn of the century.
a TV classic
On May 5, 2002, episode 31 of Supercampeones premiered on television. in which you can see how Japan youth team beat Germany 3 to 2 in international tournament in France.
The team led by Oliver Atom he’s winning twice. The moment in which the match goes 2-1 in favor of Japan and the scoreboard of the stadium indicates this to which the various clippings of the series that appeared on Twitter after the Japanese triumph in Qatar refer.
What happens next is that Germany draws the match and Japan wins it in the last minute with a goal from their referee.
In the end, Oliver wins a duel against Schneiderthe German figure, and scores the winning goal, literally breaking the rival goal net.
Source: Clarin
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