Japan joined Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as one of the surprise teams for the World Cup in Qatar. After Argentina’s loss to Falcões Verdes, favorites Germany also started the tournament in the worst way: defeat also by 2-1 and allowing a turnaround on the scoreboardjust as it happened with the Alviceleste team.
Ilkay Gündogan, in minute 33, from a penalty, gave the Germans the advantage. ritsu doanat 75, and takuma asanoat 83, two players who started on the bench and play in Germany, Freiburg and Bochum, respectively, sealed the turnaround.
The second match on Wednesday began with a protest by the German team against FIFA’s decisions on protest actions against attacks on human rights in Qatar.
Look, in the photo gallery above, the best images of this game.
Source: Observadora