Japan 2-1 vs Spain: was that ball out?

Judge for yourself

Created: 2022-12-02 07:29

By: Alexander Kaindl

Japan wins 2-1 against Spain - and thus seals Germany's World Cup exit.

The day after there is a discussion: was the ball out of bounds before the winning goal?

Doha - Germany flies home.

The 2022 World Cup is over for the 2014 world champion before it has really started.

Although they won their game against Costa Rica 4:2 after a roller coaster ride.

The result from the parallel game didn't fit - and so all hopes for the round of 16 were gone.

Germany is eliminated from the 2022 World Cup: Japan's victory brings the knockout

Japan defeated Spain 2-1.

From a German point of view, this game should have ended in a win for Spain or a draw.

And the Iberians were already leading 1-0 - so everything went according to plan.

However, this was thrown overboard shortly after the break with a double strike.

First Ritsu Doan made it 1-1 (48'), then Ao Tanaka pushed the ball over the goal line to make it 2-1 (51').

The question that the whole football world was discussing the day after: was the ball out of goal beforehand?

Japan scores after this scene to 2:1 against Spain.

Was the ball out or not?

© Petr David Josek/AP/dpa

Japan defeats Spain 2-1 after controversial scene

The rule clearly states: "The ball is out of bounds when it completely crosses a goal line or touchline.

It doesn't matter if he's on the ground or in the air.

If the ball still touches the line, the ball is not out of bounds.” Judge for yourself.

Was the game device fully behind the line in the scene when Kaoru Mitoma tried to play it inside?

Keep in mind that the curve of the ball in the center matters - not the spot on the ground where the ball touches.

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Ultimately, the discussions are then obsolete.

Germany is eliminated.

The scene before the Japanese 2-1 may now be crucial in hindsight, but that's only half the truth.

Who says the Japanese wouldn't have made it 2-1 in a different situation?

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The end of the German World Cup, which the Spanish press is of course celebrating and TV expert Bastian Schweinsteiger was shocked to see, was not sealed on Thursday evening.

Rather, it was the sleepy final quarter of an hour against Japan and the sloppy exploitation of chances in the 75 minutes before that brought the four-time world champion this new debacle.

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: Maybe this isn't so bad.