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World Cup reaction as Germany & Belgium exit, plus latest England news

World Cup reaction as Germany & Belgium exit, plus latest England news

World Cup reaction as Germany & Belgium exit, plus latest England news
Dec 02, 2022 2 mins, 11 secs

Ghana could name the same side which beat South Korea 3-2 in their last match as the seek a victory which would guarantee they reach the last 16.

Portugal booked their place in the knockout stages with a game to spare on Monday and need just a point when they take on South Korea to guarantee top spot in Group H.

Second-placed Ghana will progress to the last 16 by beating Uruguay, while a draw will also suffice if South Korea do not beat Portugal by two goals or more.

If Ghana and Uruguay draw, South Korea will need to beat Portugal by two clear goals to advance.

Uruguay must defeat Ghana and hope that South Korea fail to beat Portugal.

France forward Antoine Griezmann has offered his support to Joshua Kimmich after the Germany defender said falling at the first hurdle at this year's World Cup was the "worst day" of his career.

Spanish football journalist Juan Castro had this to say regarding his nations performance on BBC Radio 5 Live: "The people of Spain were considering the possibility of going out, we were out for three or four minutes.

Jamal Musiala made a big impact, despite a disappointing tournament for Germany.

Despite beating Costa Rica, Germany were dumped out in the group stages for the second consecutive World Cup.

The Bayern Munich player was instrumental in helping Germany secure a draw with Spain and showed his impact again against Costa Rica.

Firstly, no one can seem to agree on whether Ao Tanaka's goal - which decided the match and also dumped Germany out of the tournament - crossed the byeline before it was passed to him.

Japan managed to beat Spain despite barely touching the ball, it seems.

If Japan beat Germany and then beat "the best team at the tournament so far" in Spain then perhaps Japan are decent.

For the first goal, Junya Ito put in that amazing challenge to move the ball over to Ritso Doan, who delivered the shot of the tournament for Japan.

It was a team effort and that is how they are beating these bigger teams.

It is how you have to play at this tournament.

It doesn't get any easier in the knockout round, so right now they need to focus on taking things one game at a time, implementing their plan and doing everything that they are capable of.

"They've proven in this group stage by beating Germany and Spain that they are capable of beating other teams as well.

Japan topped Group E on Thursday after beating Spain via a hugely controversial goal.

By beating Spain, Japan not only qualified for the last 16, but also doomed Germany to be eliminated.

"But I think and I hope that this World Cup will help them."

Germany and Arsenal goalkeeping legend Jens Lehman had his say on their disastrous tournament, speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning he was asked - what needs to change

"You just need to do something with the organisation, being compact, and these are the things that are being neglected."

"The German team, unfortunately, they made a gesture before the first game when they muted their mouths in the team photo

Frustration and fury best sum up the mood in Germany this

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