PRE-MATCH: Spain 4pts, Japan 3pts, Costa Rica 3pts, Germany 1pt
10mins: COSTA RICA 0 GERMANY 1
Spain 5pts, Germany 4pts, Japan 4pts, C Rica 3pts
Serge Gnabry puts Germany in a strong position with the first goal of the night.
11mins: JAPAN 0 SPAIN 1
Spain 7pts, Germany 4pts, Japan 3pts, C Rica 3pts
Alvaro Morata cements Spain’s position at the top and Japan need two goals.
48mins: JAPAN 1 SPAIN 1
Spain 5pts, Japan 4pts, Germany 4pts, C Rica 3pts
Ritsu Doan levels for Japan and they leapfrog Germany by dint of their 2-1 win over them, as they are level on goal difference and goals scored.
51mins: JAPAN 2 SPAIN 1
Japan 6pts, Spain 4pts, Germany 4pts, C Rica 3pts
Ao Tanaka bundles in and after a long check to see whether the ball had gone out of play before the cross, Japan go top.
58mins: COSTA RICA 1 GERMANY 1
Japan 6pts, Spain 4pts, C Rica 4pts, Germany 2pts
Yeltsin Tejeda’s equaliser sends Germany bottom and puts Costa Rica a goal away from the last 16.
70mins: COSTA RICA 2 GERMANY 1
Japan 6pts, C Rica 6pts, Spain 4pts, Germany 1pt
It’s bedlam as Juan Pablo Vargas scuffs the ball in to put Germany and Spain on the verge of going out.
73mins: COSTA RICA 2 GERMANY 2
Japan 6pts, Spain 4pts, C Rica 4pts, Germany 2pts
Kai Havertz equalises – but it’s only good news for Spain, with Germany still going out.
85mins: COSTA RICA 2 GERMANY 3
Japan 6pts, Spain 4pts, Germany 4pts, C Rica 3pts
Havertz knocks in his second but Germany still need a Spain equaliser.
89mins: COSTA RICA 2 GERMANY 4
Japan 6pts, Spain 4pts, Germany 4pts, C Rica 3pts
Niclas Fullkrug adds another after a VAR check but it’s still not enough as their goal difference is six goals worse than Spain.
FULL TIME: JAPAN 2 SPAIN 1, COSTA RICA 2 GERMANY 4
The whistle goes and Germany are out in the group stages for the second World Cup in a row.