The teams that can secure their place in the round of 16 are beginning to be defined. So far, the only qualified team is the current champion France, which has won both matches.

In Group E, Japan wasted its great opportunity to advance from the group stage by losing to Costa Rica, which had just come from a 7-0 drubbing against Spain. In this way, both have three points after two games played and keep intact their chances of advancing to the round of 16 in the World Cup in Qatar.

Croatia not only defeated Canada to confirm its position at the top of Group F together with a surprising Morocco, but also eliminated it from the World Cup. Second team to pack their bags early after Qatar and with one match left to play to finish the group stage.

Germany, on the other hand, managed to breathe when, at the end of the match, they managed to tie Spain 1-1 and get out of a critical position to continue advancing in the World Cup, in one of the best matches of the World Cup.

Costa Rica beat Japan, pulled off the big surprise in Group E of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and gave Germany some breathing space.

The Central American team, which came to the challenge after a very tough 0-7 against Spain, defeated the Japanese team, which had debuted with a success against the Germans.

Japan, who had beaten Germany in their Qatar 2022 opener, missed the chance to seal their qualification to the round of 16 of the World Cup after a Keysher Fuller goal near the end gave Costa Rica a surprise 1-0 victory, in a match in which the Central American team hardly kicked at goal.

Costa Rica, who had just been thrashed 7-0 by Spain in their opener, now have three points, the same as Japan, and go into the final group match against Germany with a chance of reaching the round of 16, something unthinkable after the debacle of the first match.

The Samurai, likewise, failed to build on the momentum of their surprise win over Germany last Wednesday and will rue a series of missed opportunities in a match in which they dominated but showed little creativity against a Costa Rican team that defended fervently.

When no one expected it, and on their only shot on goal, Costa Rica found an all-too-valuable winner. Fuller was the star of the show, with a goal that will remain in the memory. For Japan, the defeat leaves them with a thorny scenario: they will define their chances of advancing to the Round of 16 against Spain on Thursday.

Morocco beat Belgium to finish first in Group F of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Against all odds, Morocco beat Belgium in a match in which the Europeans began dominating. In the 72nd minute, however, the Africans broke the deadlock with a free kick by Abdelhamid Sabiri. In the last minute, Zakaria Aboukhlal sealed the match and left Morocco with 4 points in Group F.

Belgium dominated the first 45 minutes but failed to open the scoring despite keeping possession of the ball and the actions of Michy Batshuayi, who was the attacking reference, but could not overcome the performance of goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.

For its part, Morocco retreated in its field and bet on the counterattack led by Hakim Ziyech and the appearances of Achraf Hakimi, although their approaches were not enough to go to the break with advantage, since at the end of the first stage the VAR annulled a goal for offside by Romain Saïss, who brushed the ball that ended up in the net.

In the second half, the Moroccan team took the lead, approached firmly to the opponent's area and slowly stalked them with Zyrech's attacks, until they finally broke the deadlock with Sabiri's goal: the newcomer took a free kick from the left flank and the ball went straight into the goal, an action in which Tibauth Courtois, the Belgian goalkeeper, was partly responsible for the goal.

Finding themselves at a disadvantage, Belgium's coach, Roberto Martínez, made offensive changes to look for the equalizer, but it never came, because although they regained possession of the ball and populated the opposing field, they did not have the necessary lucidity to trouble the Moroccan goalkeeper and suffered a new blow when Aboukhlal scored the 2-0 on a counterattack.

Croatia beat Canada 4-1 to eliminate them from Qatar 2022.

Reigning World Cup runners-up Croatia were looking to bounce back from a sluggish start against Morocco with a win. Modric, Perisic, Kovacic and company could take second place with the three points and secure their passage to the round of 16.

On the other side, Canada was looking for its first victory in the history of the World Cup, with three defeats in its first participation in 1986 and the one against Belgium in Qatar 2022.

The match was played at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha, with Uruguayan referee Andrés Matonte.

Alphonso Davies opened the scoring a minute into the game and put the Canadians ahead. At 35 minutes Kramaric equalized with a cross shot and Marko Livaja made it 2-1 at 43 minutes. Kramaric, this time with a low cross shot, made it 3-1.

Spain and Germany drew 1-1 in the best soccer match of the World Cup.

Spain and Germany played one of the best matches of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which ended in a 1-1 draw. Both teams still have a chance to qualify for the round of 16.

Spain and Germany played one of the best matches of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which ended in a draw (1-1). Both teams are still in with a chance of qualifying for the round of 16.

Germany has managed to salvage just one point in two matches in this World Cup and depends not only on itself but also on other teams' results.

In the most technically dueling match so far at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Germany neutralized Spain in the first half and all their players ran after the ball to do so. A few chances later, the first half would end goalless. To the locker room.

The goals came from the bench. For the second half, Luis Henrique brought on Álvaro Morata as '9' and scored the first of the match after Jordi Alba's cross. Hans Flick responded with Niclas Fullkrug who, after finding Jamal Musiala's ball in the area, shot past Unai Simón to score the final equalizer.

Source: FIFA.