Germany vs Japan 1-2: World Cup 2022 – as it happened

By Al Jazeera Published 2022-11-23 02:22 Updated 2022-12-23 02:45 Source: Al Jazeera

This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Germany vs Japan World Cup 2022 match on Wednesday, November 23.

Germany XI: Neuer, Schlotterbeck, Sule, Rudiger, Raum, Kimmich, Gundogan (Goretzka, 67′), Gnabry, Muller (Hofmann, 67′), Musiala (Gotze, 79′), Havertz (Fullkrug, 79′).
Japan XI: Gonda, Sakai (Minamino, 74′), Itakura, Yoshida, Ito, Nagatomo (Mitoma, 57′), Endo, Tanaka (Doan, 71′), Kubo (Tomiyasu, 46′), Kamada, Maeda (Asano, 57′).
Germany have won the World Cup four times and are making their 20th World Cup appearance. Japan did not play at a World Cup until 1998 but have qualified for all six editions since then.
FIFA rankings: Germany (11), Japan (24).