(CNN) — Germany was knocked out of the 2022 World Cup on Thursday after a quite extraordinary finale to Group E, despite beating Costa Rica.
At varying points of the two games, fans of Spain and Japan as well as Costa Rica and Germany each thought that their countries might be on their way to the knockout phase.
“We wanted to score three or four goals in the first half but then we made mistakes. If we had converted those chances, 16 of them. Despite those predictions, this was an evening that began with the possibility that all four teams were capable of progressing to the next stage. In doing so, Morata became the second player to score in his first three World Cup appearances for Spain, after Telmo Zarra in 1950, according to Opta.
Just when things seemed like they couldn’t get any wilder — and totally against the run of play — Costa Rica leveled the scores against Germany as Yeltsin Tejeda smashed home a rebound after Manuel Neuer couldn’t hold a powerful effort from Kendall Waston.Costa Rica took a stunning lead as Juan Pablo Vargas prodded home after an frantic goalmouth scramble to leave Germany trailing.
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