Germany stuns Costa Rica 4-2, bows out of Qatar 22 World Cup

 

QATAR – It was a classic encounter at the Al Bayt stadium in Qatar, that ended with Germany having the upper hand in the 4-2 defeat against Costa Rica but the defeat could not earn the team  a slot in the round of 16, forcing Germany out of the soccer fiesta.

As expected, Germany came into the game like a wounded lion doing all it can to avoid the embarrassment of not getting through the group stages for the first time.

Germany opened the score line in the 10^th minutes, when Sergy Gnabry found the back of Costa Rica  net with his head. Germany held on to the 1-0 lead until halt time.

Costa Rica made it 1-1 in the 58^th minutes when Tejeda hit the German net.  Costa Rica shot ahead of the German machines in the 70^th minutes through Neuer.

Havertz leveled up for the Germans to make it 2-2.  Havertz got another chance in the 85^th minutes to make it 2-3 in favour of Germany while Fullkrug assisted by Sane made it 2-4 for Germany one minute to full time.

It was an emotional one for the Germans who tried all they could but lost out after coming third in their group.