Japan’s first victory against Germany sent a seismic jolt through the World Cup and was reward for the courage shown by Hajime Moriyasu. The Japan coach wrested this Group E opener his side’s way with a series of second-half substitutions that transformed the contest and consigned Germany to defeat in their opening World Cup match for a second consecutive tournament.
Four years ago in Russia a Hirving Lozano strike gave Mexico a famous win against the four-time champions. Yesterday it was Takuma Asano of the Bundesliga’s Bochum who sent the vocal Japanese fans at Khalifa International Stadium into ecstasy along with his teammates and the rest of the squad who flooded on to the pitch to celebrate his 8 3rd-minute winner.
Asano, one of Moriyasu’s five replacements, took down a floating ball expertly along the right, outmuscled Nico Schlotterbeck and, after racing in on Manuel Neuer’s goal, rifled in, the Germany captain appearing to shy away from throwing his frame squarely in the way.
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