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World Cup 2022: Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu hails 'historic victory' over Germany

Football has a funny way of bringing up narratives, and two Japan players - who play their club football in Germany - conspired to score the goals that defeated the Europeans 2-1 at the World Cup.

After Saudi Arabia's seismic victory over Argentina on Tuesday, this was another huge shock in Qatar.

It left Germany's players silently slipping away from the Stadium at full-time, and the Japan squad celebrating in front of their ecstatic following.

"It is a dream come true," winning goalscorer Takuma Asano said. "We knew we could do it, we had a dream like this.

"We watched the Saudi game and thought we can do it - then we just did it today. We present Asia and many supporters from Asia supporting us today. This is the beauty of football."

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