{"id":83611,"date":"2022-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=8926473649f3c03602829aa26b0a8d24"},"modified":"2022-11-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T00:00:00","slug":"world-cup-qatar-costa-rica-beats-japan-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/world-cup-qatar-costa-rica-beats-japan-1-0\/","title":{"rendered":"WORLD CUP QATAR: COSTA RICA BEATS JAPAN (1-0)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Costa Rica ignited their World Cup campaign with a smash-and-grab 1-0 win over Japan at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.<\/P>
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Luis Fernando Suarez’s men prioritised defensive solidity after their 7-0 humbling at the hands of Spain in their opening match and kept their opponents at bay sufficiently throughout, as the early-afternoon temperature exceeded 30 degrees.<\/P>
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But Costa Rica made Japan pay for their failure to capitalise on their attacking superiority when Keysher Fuller curled a shot over Shuichi Gonda (81) with the team’s first shot on target in the tournament.<\/P>
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The late winner blew Group E wide open, with Costa Rica, Japan and Spain – who face Germany later this evening – all on three points at this stage.<\/P>
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Source: National News Agency – Lebanon<\/P>
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Costa Rica ignited their World Cup campaign with a smash-and-grab 1-0 win over Japan at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.Luis Fernando Suarez’s men prioritised defensive solidity after their 7-0 humbling at the hands of Spain in their opening match and kept t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1882],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n