This seems to be the World of surprises. Argentina and Germany two of the favorites have lost in their debut and now they are forced to win if they do not want to be eliminated already in the group stage.

Of all the candidates that have played until today, the only one that has overcome the obstacle of debut successfully has been France. And Spain, which was not among the candidates, becomes a very careful rival. The rest must improve, and a lot, to qualify for the round of 16 and continue participating in this World Cup.

Let's see the summary of the third competition date.

Japan gave the surprise and defeated Germany for the World Cup in Qatar.

The European team lost 2-1 to the Japanese team, who turned it around with goals from Ritsu Doan (30m ST) and Takuma Asano (37m ST). While Ilkay Gündogan from a penalty (32m PT) scored the Teutonic goal.

Japan just made history. The Asian national team beat Germany 2-1 and consummated the second blow of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Flick's team started up and dominated the game. The Germans had him to liquidate him but they spared the life of the Japanese. Then, the hand of the coach Hajime Moriyasu was seen that moved the bank: he took out the starting striker, Maeda, and included the platinum-platinum Tacuma Asano.

And at 70 minutes he included Doan, who five later would score the tie. At 83 it would be the time of Asano striker who had already had a pair but had collided with goalkeeper Neuer. The Japanese ran to the right and nailed it to the roof of the arch, in the only place where there was room. It was 2-1 for Japan, which was left with a historic victory and consummated the second result "breaks prode" of Qatar.

The result caused surprise throughout the sporting sphere and the German media did not hesitate to echo the bad start of the team. "Germany in shock", "Beginning of the debacle" and "Disgrace", are some of the lapidary headlines. Fear is growing for a performance similar to that of Russia 2018.

The Bild newspaper was one of the first to speak of "shock", when Japan had only tied the game, but after the final closure, the outlet was blunt against the team: "Start of a debacle for Germany" and "The worst memories since 2018″.

Historic win for Spain! They beat Costa Rica 7-0 in their debut.

Spain achieved a historic win this Wednesday by defeating Costa Rica 7-0, at the close of the first date of Group E of the World Cup in Qatar.

Spain's 7-0 win is among the highest goalscorers in World Cup history. The last time a team had scored 7 goals in a World Cup was Germany, when they stunned Brazil in the semifinals of the 2014 tournament and defeated them 7-1.

Luis Enrique surprised by lining up Rodri as a center back and Marco Asensio as a striker. Neither Eric García nor Morata were in the eleven. For his part, Luis Fernando Suárez was brave in putting up a defensive line with four men instead of the expected five. This allowed Spain to play balls behind the backs of the full-backs and thus came the first chance of the match.

In minute 5, a precise pass from Pedri was finished off by Dani Olmo and the ball went very close to Keylor Navas's goal post. Spain became the owner of the ball with Pedri and Gavi roaming freely on the pitch of the Al Thumama Stadium. Another good ball from the former was taken advantage of by Asensio to take a cross and low shot that almost ended up inside the goal of Keylor Navas.

Spain warned twice and the third time they got the long-awaited goal. An inside pass from Gavi touched the Costa Rican defense and Dani Olmo dressed as Bergkamp to make wonderful control at the turn and beat the PSG goalkeeper with a soft touch. 1-0 in the 11th minute so that Luis Enrique's plan was fulfilled point by point.

Dani Olmo achieved a historic goal, since, this first of Spain's win, he was the 100th number for the National Team in the World Cups. The RB Leipzig player thus signed one of the golden pages of national football. The previous goal, 99, was Ignashevich's own goal in the round of 16 in Russia 2018.

Costa Rica was a toy in the hands of a Spain that locked up the tricolor team in its area, dressed completely in white for the total red of 'Lucho' after the Asturian's decision. In a long collective play and in which the Spaniards played and played, it was 2-0.

In the 21st minute, the ball reaches Jordi Alba and he puts a strong cross into the area and Marco Asensio hooks it first to score a great goal. Keylor Navas got to touch the ball, but the Tico captain noted the inactivity of the last few months at PSG in the shadow of Donnarumma.

Spain's exhibition was total with a rejuvenated Jordi Alba on the left wing and doing his best game in recent years. The winger also caused the penalty that would originate the third goal for the National Team. Óscar Duarte, completely overwhelmed, brings down the Barcelona player inside the box. Ferran Torres was in charge of launching the maximum penalty so that the 3-0 was a reality in just half an hour of play.

In the last quarter of an hour of the first half, Spain kept playing and Costa Rica suffered, only had 15% possession. The National Team eased off the accelerator and did not risk the slightest, but the Ticos were shadows that ran after the ball. In fact, Luis Fernando Suárez's team did not shoot either on goal or outside. Not a single approach to the area of ​​Unai Simón who was another spectator of Al Thumama.

After the break, the script did not change one iota and a ball in the area helped Ferran Torres make it 4-0 at the turn after fighting for the ball with the Costa Rican defense. Keylor Navas was transparent and in this action he showed why he is far from being the goalkeeper he was at Real Madrid.

With the carousel of changes, Balde debuted with the Spain shirt. A few days ago he was with the Sub21 and José Gayà's injury opened the doors of the World Cup to the Barcelona side. The rhythm of the match gradually dropped due to the hardness of the score, but the National Team was not satisfied either.

Gavi became, at the age of 18, the youngest scorer in the history of Spain in the World Cups with a work of art. The midfielder hooked on a ball from Morata to make it 5-0 with a beautiful volley. The Barça footballer hits it with the outside, with three fingers, and places it next to the post. Great goal and the Selection that seemed to close the circle with the 'little hand' to Costa Rica.

However, Spain wanted more until the last minute of discount and that hunger led them to get two more goals to sign their biggest win in the history of the World Cups and thus overcome the 6-1 that they achieved against Bulgaria in France 1998. The sixth It was from Carlos Soler after taking advantage of a dead ball that Keylor Navas had left inside the area.

The seventh, and last, was the work of '7'. Álvaro Morata defined luxury with his left foot by the goalkeeper's stick. This was the finishing touch for a historic match for Spain and to the despair of a Costa Rica that lived its worst nightmare in Qatar.

Croatia could not with Morocco and tied in the debut of the World Cup in Qatar 2022.

The world runners-up looked for it anyway, but failed to break the 0-0 deficit on the first date of Group F.

Morocco and Croatia were the protagonists of an entertaining game, but one that had no emotions as they ended up drawing 0-0 in their debut in Group F, which is completed by Belgium and Canada.

The zero to zero could not be broken even though the development of the game was attractive, with teams that bet on playing with the ball at their feet, intensity and offensive ambitions. The good performance of the goalkeepers and the inefficiency of the forwards conspired against the possibility of opening the scoring and as the minutes passed it seemed that the tie satisfied them both.

Both Luka Modiric in the European formation and Hakim Ziyech in Morocco, the most talented and game generators, had no continuity and as the minutes passed they lost influence in the game.

The Croatian team, current runner-up in the world, did not go beyond a goalless draw against Morocco in its debut this Wednesday at the World Cup in Qatar. The group led by Luka Modric found themselves with a tough opponent, who put a lot of physical rigor on them and made it more complicated than expected. Equality took away predictability from group F, which will later have the duel Belgium-Canada. The most relevant novelty for the Argentine public was the presence of the referee Fernando Rapallini, who directed the match with an outstanding note.

It was difficult for Croatia to assume the role of a candidate that has dragged on since Russia 2018, when it achieved the second place in the world. Although Modric led his team and showed himself to be the patron of midfield, the Balkan team lacked ideas to break the lock that Morocco raised and generated almost no chances against Bono's goal, Sevilla's goalkeeper.

Belgium beat Canada just enough.

They prevailed 1-0 in the debut of both selected by Group F of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, in a match with several controversies.

Belgium beat Canada 1-0 today in the match that was played at the Ahmad Bin Ali stadium, in Al Rayan, and was controlled by the Zambian Janny Sikazwe.

The goal for Belgium was scored by Michy Batshuayi 44 minutes into the first half, after a long pass into space by Toby Alderweireld, for the striker to define entering the area with a powerful shot and corner.

Previously, at minute 10, Canada had a penalty kick sanctioned by the judge after a VAR check, after a handball in the large area by Yannik Ferreira Carrasco, who was booked.

The shot was taken by Alphonso Davies and was blocked by Thibaut Courtois, who dived to the right and cleared the shot.

Source: FIFA.