Japan followed Saudi Arabia’s against Argentina as the Samurai Blues came back from one goal down to defeat four time World Champions Germany on Wednesday.
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After that huge upset, there were countless videos of Japanese fans celebrating the momentous occasion.
There were videos of people celebrating in the stands, fans back home celebrating in the streets of Shibuya in Tokyo as well as people losing their minds in malls.
After the match, as is tradition by the Japanese fans, they even cleaned up the stadium.
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日本がドイツに歴史的勝利後の渋谷スクランブル交差点えぐい笑
#日本代表 #日本勝利 #ワールドカップ pic.twitter.com/YOZKory4Le
— きし (@ss_1_kk) November 23, 2022
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After their shocking win against Germany, Japan fans stayed after the match to clean up the stadium.
Respect ❤️👏 @ESPNFC pic.twitter.com/ocDtsyXXXB
— ESPN (@espn) November 23, 2022
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In the match, late goals by substitutes Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano gave Japan the incredible victory. Four-times champions Germany had looked to be cruising to a routine victory via Ilkay Guendogan’s first-half penalty but paid a fatal price for profligacy in front of goal.
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we did it#ワールドカップ#日本勝利#ドイツvs日本 #ドイツ #Samuraiblue pic.twitter.com/jxetNgZett
— ちゃん (@kkjnchan) November 23, 2022
The shock result was a repeat of their 2018 World Cup nightmare when, as defending champions, they lost their opener to Mexico and, after another defeat by South Korea, were condemned to an unheard of group-stage exit.
【サッカー カタールW杯 日本vsドイツ】日本勝利！
試合終了1分前からの渋谷センター街の様子https://t.co/of59oBKbXDドイツ戦にて #堂安律 #浅野拓磨 のゴールにより2-1で日本の勝利が決まった時の渋谷センター街の様子です。#JPN #GER #FIFAWorldCup #サッカー #SAMURAIBLUE #サッカー日本代表 pic.twitter.com/UEMg5HEeS1
— ニコニコニュース (@nico_nico_news) November 23, 2022
The Asian team, half of them who play their club football in Germany, had shown almost nothing in attack until a series of second-half substitutions injected some energy into their first competitive fixture against a country that did so much to develop the game in Japan in the middle of the 20th century.
Doan equalised in the 75th minute before Asano smashed home the winner in the 83rd for a stunning turnaround.
