At one point on Thursday night, Spain could have been knocked out of the World Cup. Costa Rica was ahead of Germany at that time.
A twin incident happened at the World Cup in Qatar on Thursday night. On the one hand, Spain's loss against Japan and Germany's exit from the World Cup. Spain lost but reached the pre-quarter finals. But coach Luis Enrique is not happy. He is unhappy with the team's performance.
At one point on Thursday night, Spain could have been knocked out of the World Cup. Costa Rica was ahead of Germany at that time. They could have reached the pre-quarter finals with six points. Spain would have trailed them by four points. The Spanish coach cannot accept such a situation. "I'm not happy at all," Enrique said. Yes, we have reached the next episode. I wanted to win this match and go to the next round. Japan scored two goals in 5 minutes and went away. It's incredible. We could have been knocked out. We visited."
The Spain coach thinks he has tried everything. "I didn't leave anything out," Enrique said. We have tried everything. All strikers were on the field. We were trying to create opportunities. As a team, Spain is always terrible. But that's how it is in football. How do we handle the way we broke down?”
Unbeknownst to Enrique during the game on the field, Costa Rica had advanced against Germany. "I would have had a heart attack if I had known Spain were in a relegation zone," Enrique said.
In the end, Spain reached the pre-quarterfinals as Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2. However, they finished second in the group. Japan advanced to the pre-quarterfinals from top spot.
