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Winners & Losers from day 12 of the World Cup

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It’s hard to pick a feel-good story of the tournament at this point, but one of the top contenders for that particular title has to be Japan. The Samurai Blue have now claimed two outstanding come-from-behind victories over big-name European opposition to open and close their Group Stage. Costa Rica very nearly got in on the fun, holding onto a spot in the Round of 16 for a glorious 10 minutes or so before Germany came back with three unanswered goals to seal both of them to their doom.

Morocco also have a claim for that feel-good story, having beaten Belgium and Canada on the trot after drawing Croatia in their opening game.