Japan confirmed their spot in the last-16 of the World Cup in highly controversial circumstances with a 2-1 win over Spain which also meant Germany suffered a shock elimination. Alvaro Morata put Spain in front after 11 minutes but Japan came from behind again through goals from Ritsu Doan and Ao Tanaka.
Not only were Japan able to seal their place beyond the group stages with a memorable comeback victory but by beating Spain, Germany were knocked out of the competition despite their 4-2 win over Costa Rica.
For Tanaka's goal, the ball was extremely close to being out of play when Karou Mitoma stretched to cross back in for Tanaka, leading to confusion for many football fans watching the match as in one angle it looked as if the ball was indeed out.
