Look: Japan beat Germany in another huge Qatar World Cup upset

Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano scored late in the second half to lift Japan to a 2-1 victory

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Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor
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Germany's Ilkay Gundogan, center, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's opening goal.
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Germany's Antonio Ruediger, top, fights for the ball with Japan's Takuma Asano during the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan.
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Germany's David Raum, left, fights for the ball with Japan's Ritsu Doan during the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan.
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Germany's Antonio Ruediger, top right, heads the ball past Japan's Maya Yoshida, Japan's Takehiro Tomiyasu and Japan's goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda, from right, during the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan.
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Germany's defender #03 David Raum (L) fights for the header with Japan's defender #19 Hiroki Sakai.
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Japan's Ritsu Doan celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan.
AP
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Japan's Takuma Asano celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates.
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Germany's Manuel Neuer looks dejected after the match.
Reuters
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Japan's forward #18 Takuma Asano celebrates his team's win in the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group E football match between Germany and Japan at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha.
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Japan's Kaoru Mitoma, Wataru Endo and Yuto Nagatomo celebrate after the match.
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