Japan vs. Costa Rica: Yuto Nagatomo achieved a surprising record during the match for the 2022 World Cup

It marked history in Asian territory. Yuto Nagatomo broke this Sunday in the Qatar 2022 World Cup match between Japan and Costa Rica at the Ahmed Bin Ali stadium in Al Rayyan, the record for caps in a World Cup with his country, raising it to twelve.

Starting as a starter in the match corresponding to the second day of group E of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Nagatomo, 36 years old and who is playing his fourth World Cup, became the player who wore the blue samurai shirt the most times in the soccer tournament for countries most important in the world.

The footballer who played for Inter Milan surpassed Makoto Hasebe and Eiji Kawashima who did not appear in the starting eleven.

It should be noted that Japan defeated Germany in the first match they played. Two goals in the final stretch of the game from two players who play in the Bundesliga, Ritsu Doan -who plays for Freiburg- and Takuma Asano -who plays for Bochum- turned around a match in which the ‘Mannschaft ‘ had gone ahead thanks to a penalty from Ilkan Gündogan

The starting eleven of Japan and Costa Rica

The Japanese coach, Hajime Moriyasu, does not line up Take Kubo, Real Sociedad forward. The ‘blue samurais’, who could secure their place in the round of 16 if they defeat the Ticos, came out with the following line-up: Gonda; Yamane, Itakura, Yoshida, Nagatomo; Endo, Morita; Doan, Kamada, Soma; and Ueda.

On the other hand, Costa Rica formed with Keylor Navas; Waston, Duarte, Calvo, Bryan Oviedo; Fuller, Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges, Gerson Torres; Joel Campbell and Contreras.