Japan will be full of confidence after defeating Germany. Samurai Blue can keep it going against a Costa Rica side that are unlikely to score at the World Cup.

The Japanese lost just thrice in the past 12-month period, and one of the losses came against the monstrous Brazilian squad.

They are also raring to go once again after delivering a shock defeat to one of the tournament favorites – Germany.

And the Costa Ricans might not have the heart to even turn up for the game, after the way they were beaten by Spain.

Also, it is in the best interest for the Japanese to make sure of their qualification by end of the second game itself, as their final group-stage fixture is against Spain.

As things stand, anticipate a victory for Japan. And count on the destroyer of German hearts himself, Takumo Asano, to once again find the back of the net for the Samurai Blues. He was all over the pitch during their German fixture, and was a constant thorn on the sides for Manuel Neuer and co



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日本在击败德国后将充满信心。蓝色武士队可以在对阵不太可能在世界杯上进球的哥斯达黎加队时保持不败。

在过去的12个月里，日本队只输了三场，其中一场是输给了强大的巴西队。

在令人震惊地输给夺冠热门德国队后，他们也渴望再次出线。

在被西班牙击败之后，哥斯达黎加人可能不忍心去看比赛。

此外，对于日本队来说，确保在第二场比赛结束前获得出线资格是最有利的，因为他们小组赛的最后一场比赛是对阵西班牙。

就目前的情况来看，预计日本会取得胜利。而德国人的心的破坏者浅野拓文，又一次为武士队找到了进球的机会。在与德国的比赛中，他一直是诺伊尔和他的队友们的眼中钉