The first half of the Japan vs Costa Rica match has ended and the score is still a 0-0. It seems that the two teams still haven't found a gap from their respective opponents. seen throughout the match Japan and Costa rica took turns attacking and defending. a bit boring. I hope in the second half there will be more aggressive play.
Both seem to be equal at this moment but japan is a bit dominating the match compared with costa rica. Yellow card was coming for costa rica and that gives japan a free kick but kamado was not able to execute the free kick into the goal. It seems like that costa rica was using defensive- counter attack strategy against japan as it was only waiting for the japan to make blunder and always cutting the passing from japan's player. It's hard to predict which team that will make the goal first in this match but only 20 minutes remaining with additional time. That will become a big bet for japan and costa rica at this moment.