New Delhi: Costa Rica has defeated Japan 1-0. Earlier, Japan’s team had defeated four-time champions Germany 2-1 in their last Group-E match, but lost in this match. Talking about Costa Rica, this team lost 7-0 against Spain in their last match. In the FIFA rankings, Japan is ranked 24th and Costa Rica is 31st.
The first goal of this match was scored by Costa Rica player Kesher Fuller. It scored this goal in the 81st minute. This was Costa Rica’s first shot on target in this World Cup and Costa Rica managed to score on that. At the same time, both teams could not score any goal till half-time. However, Costa Rica’s team was better than Japan in terms of ball possession.
Costa Rica’s ball possession was 58 percent and Japan’s 42 percent. However, after this victory, Costa Rica’s hopes of reaching the round of 16 remain.