Recently, there has been a lot of buzz in the Japanese soccer community about a report from Soccer Digest 13. CBS reports on 2022 Qatar
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The prediction has caused an outcry in the Japanese media.
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Coming up, Japan is in Group E, which includes Germany, Spain, and the winner of the Costa Rica/New Zealand intercontinental playoff. Despite popular opinion that Japan's hopes of advancing to the Round of 16 are slim, especially against the strong German and Spanish sides, Japan's performance does not seem to be viewed favorably by some international media.
In their predictions, CBS even boldly predicted that Japan would finish last in the group with a poor record of 1 draw and 2 losses. More surprisingly, they also predicted that Costa Rica would beat New Zealand for the
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Qualification. Japan's specific results are predicted to be a 0-2 defeat against Germany, a 1-1 draw against Costa Rica, and a 0-1 loss to Spain.
In the face of such predictions, Soccer Digest did not hide their anger that the Japanese team was severely underestimated. The article also points out that CBS only mentioned Spain and Germany when discussing Group E, completely ignoring the Japanese team.
In addition, CBS also predicted that South Korea would also finish at the bottom of the group, predicting that it would finish last in the group with one draw and two losses after losing 1-2 to Uruguay, drawing 1-1 with Ghana, and losing 1-2 to Portugal in their three group matches. (Editor Soil and Water)
