German players loudly announced the rainbow armband ban to FIFA ahead of the World Cup match against Japan in Qatar, where another big surprise came as the four-time world champions lost 2-1.

“Bomb” No. 2 at the World Cup

Looks like this year’s World Cup will be one of the surprises. After Argentina, another of the favorites for the trophy, Germany, found themselves backed against the wall since yesterday after losing 2-1 to Japan. The Punchers paid the price for their failure in the first half, and in the second half the Japanese went all the way with one of the biggest wins in their history in the tournament.

On the other hand, Germany is now in immediate danger of an early elimination as they definitely need two wins to get knocked out and Spain will be their next opponent. Characteristically, in the 2018 tournament, Germany was defeated and eliminated by South Korea in the last group match, while it also started with a defeat. Gundogan opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 30th minute, while the Germans then failed to realize the created chances. So the Japanese… rebounded in the second half and with Doan (75′) and Asano (83′) coming on as subs managed to get the final upset and now need to win the next two matches. be knocked out.

In another group match, the Spaniards were unstoppable and defeated Costa Rica 7-0. Furias Rochas have scored seven goals in the same number of finals, while possessing over 80% of the ball. In fact, the result is the seventh highest in the history of the competition, with the record of Hungary defeating El Salvador 10-1 in 1982. In addition, Gavi, who scored the 5th goal, became the third youngest scorer in the history of the competition at the age of 18 and 110 days, losing to Pele (06/19/1958, 17 years and 239 days) and the Mexican Manuel Rosas, who won first place in the World Cup. On July 19, 1930, he scored at the age of 18 years and 93 days.

A tough 1-0 victory for Belgium against Canada, which struggled until the last minute to equalize. The Canadians had a great chance to take the lead in the 11th minute when Courtois saved Alphonso Davies’ penalty. The goal that decided the outcome of the match was scored by Batshuayi in the 44th minute.

Finally, in the worst match of the tournament, Croatia and Morocco drew 0-0.

The highlight of today’s schedule is the game between Brazil and Serbia, as well as between Switzerland and Cameroon, Uruguay and South Korea and Portugal and Ghana.

As for the television part, yesterday ANT1 officially announced that all matches will be broadcast on a free channel, while subscribers’ money is not returned. Instead, a free three-month subscription will be provided.

Loud message of the German national team against FIFA

The bans at the World Cup in Qatar, mostly around the “one love” bandage, are beginning to take on proportions that could cause dismay in FIFA’s leadership.

A group photo of Germany showing players covering their mouths before a cross against Japan was one of the highlights of the tournament so far, sending a strong message to the world governing body. Team captain Manuel Neuer wore a ‘No Discrimination’ variant of the armband and rainbow colored shoes, while German Interior Minister Nancy Fesser showed up alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino with the controversial armband (“one love”) in hand, that says it all.

The German Football Association (DFB) confirmed that the photo shoot was the team’s idea, advocated for diversity and mutual respect, and warned FIFA that it would contact CAS if sanctions were imposed. At the same time, Denmark denied rumors that it wanted to leave FIFA, or even the organization, in protest over the same issue, but, as the federation’s public relations spokesman pointed out, “we are not satisfied and can no longer support the president of FIFA.” .

The World Cup… is addictive as it develops so far, in addition to being alert until the final whistle of the referee, it causes other concerns.

The increased duration of matches, which can be as long as 105 or 110 minutes, places an additional burden on footballers who will exit and return to full competitive action in domestic and international competitions. Seizures follow one another and there is not enough time to recover, causing headaches for the medical team.

In Argentina, they are looking for the causes of the nightmare of offside, in which their players indicated in the match against S. Arabia and cost defeat, in England, Harry Kane carried out yesterday’s training as usual and is considered for the match against the USA, while Japanese fans once again taught behavioral lessons , removing the stands that received them after the match with Germany, as they did in previous World Cups.