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Japan and Germany Playing Different Ways in the Second Half
In the second half, Japan did something different to what they did in the first half. They played a very deep compact 442 which created no-to-space in behind for players like Kubo or Ito or Kamada or Mida to attack on the counter. But when Ilki Gundewen was taken off it changed everything - and he was doing his best player. And then that meant that Japan were playing with a 3, 3, 3... but by the end of it they had a quite attacking team too. The guy who scored, whose name has escaped me, up front.