Quote from: Strongkored on Today at 11:18:25 AM

Quote from: xzone on Today at 09:28:50 AM

We have seen so many surprise results in this tournament so far that I am sure we will see surprise results in the remaining matches. Everyone was surprised that Japan was the leader of their group.
The points of the teams in the group are so close to each other that we wouldn't even be surprised if Costa Rica instead of Spain had reached the quarter finals Cheesy

The group that was previously predicted to be the easiest for Spain and Germany but turned out to be the group of hell, maybe there was a bit of underestimating to the opponent so that these two big teams were really surprised by what Japan displayed, if Germany didn't see there was a chance to qualify and let Costa Rica win then it became a nightmare for Spain.

Being in Group E with Spain and Japan (I exclude Costa Rica) was disastrous for Germany. Previously, many people predicted that Germany would qualify for the last 16 as group winners, but in reality, Germany failed to progress to the next round due to being unable to compete with Japan and Spain. Germany failure at the 2022 World Cup was due to losing 3 points to Japan in the first game, and what hit Germany the most was their elimination due to the difference in the number of goals from Spain.

Germany's failure to penetrate into the round of 16 was due to Spain's defeat by Japan, if Spain drew with Japan, Spain and Germany would qualify for the next round.