imagine this, if germany go on to lose against spain in the next match, which is a possibility when you consider spain thrashed costa rica yesterday, 7 0, and japan beat costa rica, japan would be through and germany would be out, which seems unthinkable with the world cup pedigree they have. it is all heating up, that is for sure. lovely touch that from asano. and asano has managed to sneak in. japan is by reputation a polite, orderly nation, but then they ve never beaten germany in men s football before. a match that left the world open mouthed began in contrasting fashion. the germans feel silenced by fifa and this was their statement. the game began conventionally enough for germany, a foul, a point to the spot. germany, penalty, world cup. this should go in. ilkay gundogan did not disappoint, but no one else in white could be so ruthless.
and all eyes are on neymar, who is just two goals short of equalling pele s all time record of 77 goals. my colleague lucy hockings is following all the day s events for us in doha. welcome to doha. after we saw that seismic victory of saudi arabia over argentina, the next big shock was japan beating germany. the goal scorer asano said he watched the saudi game with some of his team mates and they turn to each other and said we can do this to and there were no shots on goal in the opening period from japan but they then scored with two of their three efforts in the second with only 26% possession in the game. what a historic moment forjapan. the fans were ecstatic in doha as they were