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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
I don't know about surprising, but their elimination is convoluted and a tad unfair.
They are even in points with Spain, but Costa Rica surrendered a shit ton of goals in the opening game, meaning that Spain didn't have to win their final game with their massive goal differential advantage. They lost to the same team [Japan] by the same score. So basically Japan overachieved massively and Germany's fate ended up in Costa Rica's hands.
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No way, Germany's fate ended up in Spain's hands 100%.
Spain beating Costa Rica 7-0, and then Spain losing to Japan 2-1 sealed Germanys fate.
If Spain wins that game, Germany advances. Looking at GD, at first glance it even looks like if Spain ties it 2-2 there, Japan goes from +1 GD back to 0, and Germany advances with their +1 GD...