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Japan followed up their surprise win against Germany with 1-0 loss against Costa Rica.
After losing 7-0 the opening 2022 World Cup match against Spain, Costa Rica surprisingly won 1-0 against Japan with a late winning goal from right back Keysher Fuller. After Japan won 2-1 in their first match of the competition against Germany, they couldn't repeat the incredible performance of last Wednesday.
Costa Rica's unexpected win is also good news for Hansi Flick's Germany team, considering that they won't be forced to win against Spain later today to keep their qualification hopes alive. In fact, even if they lose, they will still be able to qualify to the next round. The match between Japan and Costa Rica was everything but entertaining. In fact, there were no shots on target in the first half and this forced Japan's coach Hajime Moriyasu to change two players at halftime: Takuma Asano and Hiroki Ito replaced Yuto Nagatomo and Ayase Ueda and things got a bit better.
However, the substitutions made by Costa Rica had a real effect on the match. Nothing much really happened until right-back Keysher Fuller's opened the socring in the 81st minute and scored the deciding goal of the game. Costa Rica resisted until the very last minute of stoppage time and won the game against Japan. It's a momentous and unexpected win that completely changed the course of this group stage. On Thursday at 2 p.m. Japan will face Spain while Costa Rica will play against Germany. The German team can go through to the Round of 16 even if they lose against Spain later on Sunday at 2 p.m since Japan and Costa Rica both have three points after the first two matchdays. Dave is on the move this week and spending time with the family so I'm here to take the lead on what I consider the bible for weekly Fantasy Football decisions. The good news for those already missing Dave's expertise is that you can find his plays for the Thanksgiving slate here. You'll also get a bonus play for the Titans-Bengals game below. Otherwise, I'll do my best to find you the right sleepers, busts, FLEX plays and more.
Fantasy Football is all about the matchups. Even though you drafted your team with certain hopes and intentions, your weekly lineup decisions shouldn't be determined by the order you picked your players in. You need to check who your players play and make sure you've got the right guys in -- and the wrong guys out.
It's too early to be absolutely sure on which matchups will be easy and which ones will be tough, but we can take some educated guesses based on healthy personnel, defensive schemes, track records and key details of offenses. The things we know can help us minimize the impact of the things we don't know. This should lead to better decisions being made.
We'll go through every Thanksgiving day game and highlight the players who aren't obvious starts and sits (because you don't need to be told to start Justin Jefferson). You should feel more comfortable starting or sitting players based on the information given, and feeling comfortable with your Fantasy lineup before the games start is the best feeling in the world.
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