Kathmandu: In the FIFA World Cup being held in Qatar, the Asian country Japan, which upset Germany in the first match, lost 1-0 to Costa Rica in the second match.
Costa Rica won the first victory in Group E after defeating Japan in the match held at the Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Fuller Spence scored the decisive goal in the 81st minute to give Costa Rica their first win. In the first match, Costa Rica was defeated by Spain by a huge margin of 7-0, and gained 3 points from the first victory and maintained the possibility of reaching the last 16.
After two games, Japan and Costa Rica have the same 3 points. Now in the final match of the group, Japan will play against Spain and Costa Rica will play against Germany. The match between Spain and Germany, which is in this group, is going to be played at midnight today.