The Japanese team made it to the World Cup in Qatar quite confidently. The team missed only six times, which was enough to break away from Australia and automatically secure a place in the final. This was the seventh time Samurai Blues had achieved such success. Before the start of the World Cup, the Asian team could not resist the duel with Canada, while conceding the decisive goal already in the 96th minute. It will not be easy for Jaime Morias to make his way to the playoffs, given the composition of the group, which brought together the winners of the 2014 and 2010 World Cups. It is impossible not to remember that at the World Cup in Russia, the Blues made it to the playoffs at the expense of Senegal, which had more yellow cards, which was the first and only case in the history of the Mundials. The start of the new championship was brilliant. The Japanese squad managed to win the duel with Germany (2:1). Endo, who has a concussion, will not be able to play today.
On June 14, the American team got a fantastic victory over the New Zealand team (1:0) in the intercontinental playoffs, which allowed them to enter the field in Qatar. Already in the first round of the new World Cup, the Costa Rica team was declassed in a duel with Spain. The American squad was given their place. Fury Roja smashed their opponents with a score of 7:0. It should be noted here that the Costa Ricans could not score a single shot at the goal and never took a corner. However, the team of Luis Fernando Suarez is not the weakest, but the chances before the start of the tournament for the guests to leave the group were only 9.8%, which is the lowest figure among all the participants of the Mundial. Moreover, Suarez has something to strive for. The coach is not against repeating the success of 2014, when his wards reached the quarterfinals, having led the group with England, Italy and Uruguay before that. More 888 soccer prediction can be obtained from the link provided.
