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Japan lost 1-0 to Poland but slipped to the last 16 of Russia 2018 due to the tiebreaker criterion based on the "fair -play "and with the triumph of Colombia in simultaneous play.

Jan Bednarek scored the goal of the Poles in the 59th minute, when he crowned a big play with a stopped ball. Rafal Kurzawa fired a free kick in the box, where the Southampton defender flew with the right.

Poland honorably closed its participation in the World Cup after falling in their matches against Senegal and Colombia .

The Colombian national team defeated 1-0 at Senegal ] and he was ranked as the first of group H. Japanese and Senegalese tied for four points, the difference of the goals of zero, and four goals in favor.

The following tie-breaking criterion was also matched, the result between the two in this World Cup, which was a 2-2

So we had to resort to the last criterion, the number of yellow and red cards received by a team in World . Senegal accumulated six yellows, by four of Japan .

This is the first time in history that this criterion defines the clbadification in a World Cup . If the tie had also persisted in this line, a draw would have been necessary.

Although Japan was rewarded for receiving fewer cards, it remains to be seen whether this equates to "fair play". The last half-hour of the match against Poland pbaded with a key show from Japanese who did not want to take the risk of receiving another warning or being reprimanded

Japanese : ] Kawashima; Sakai G., Sakai H., Makino, Nagamoto; Yoshida, Yamaguchi, Shibasaki; Usami, Muto and Okazaki

Poland: Fabianski; Bereszynski, Glik, Bednarek, Jedrzejczyk; Goralski, Krychowiak; Grosicki, Zielinski, Kurzawa; and Lewandowski

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In their debut, the Japanese win the first victory in the history of an Asian team against a South team -American in the World Cup when they defeated 2-1 to Colombia .

Even a defeat may be sufficient if Senegal defeated Colombia however ] Japan depends on itself.

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The Japan Football Association Bets on the dismissal of Bosnian coach Vahid Halilhodzic in April after a series of disappointing performances. 19659057] The decision overturned the course of Japan and the skeptics were silenced by Japan well-organized Nishino, who plays with rhythm, cunning and no small skill.

Japan and Poland give little clue about the possible outcome of Thursday at the Volgograd Arena. They played only two friendlies and Japan won both, the last in 2002.

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The captain of Poland Robert Lewandowski He appealed to the pride of his team after the Europeans were eliminated.

The Poles came to Russia with high hopes of reaching the knockout stage for the first time since 1986, but the 3-0 defeat against Colombia has confirmed his premature departure.

"Now we realize that we have not done it well enough, but it's something we can not overcome," said prolific striker ] Bayern Munich

Lewandowski who left no record of his clbad in the tournament, insinuated an international withdrawal when he said that the shock between Japan would be "for some d & rsquo; Among us … our last match with the national team. "

His opponent Honda famous for his bold statements about his haircuts, said that he was not going to change his past predictions that Japan would raise the Cup "I know that I promised the Japanese that we would win the World Cup ", he recalls before leaving for Russia . Thursday, he will be able to continue the dream of the samurai and Honda, who at 32 years will probably compete in his last world cup.

Possible alignments:

Japan: Kawashima; H. Sakai, Yoshida, Shoji, Nagatomo; Hasebe, Shibasaki; Haraguchi, Kagawa, Inui; Osako

Poland: Szczesny; Piszczek, Glik, Bednarek, Rybus; Krychowiak, Goralski; Blaszczykowski, Milik, Zielinski; Lewandowski.