Spain was stunned by Japan in a blockbuster encounter last night in the final game of Group E. Japan defeated Spain to top the group, while Germany couldn’t go past the group stage despite their win over Costa Rica. Japan defeated all-powerful Germany and Spain in the group stage.
Serge Gnabry opened the scoresheet with his early strike to help the Germans take an early lead of 1-0, Havertz scored a brace in the second half of the game. Nicolas Fullkrug also records his name in Germany’s scoresheet. Costa Rica pulled two back, scoring in the second half and one from Manuel Nuer’s own goal.
Spain suffered a defeat but qualified on goal aggregate ahead of Germany.
