
Japan pipped Senegal to the last 16 of the World Cup in Russia despite losing 0-1 to already-eliminated Poland at the Volgograd Arena on Thursday.
A goal from Southampton defender Jan Bednarek gave Poland their first win of the tournament and would have put Japan out if Senegal had beaten Colombia.
Despite that, the Japanese side settled for knocking it about slowly to each other in what made for bizarre scenes in the latter stages of the game.
With the match ending on an unusual note, these were the best jokes from Japan 0-1 Poland:
Anime Characters vs. WIFi Passwords #JAPPOL pic.twitter.com/H2SE5eTAXp
— T. (@Thomasbrechet) June 28, 2018
Fans of Japan cheer before the match against Poland pic.twitter.com/OPjNwI4ked
— AFP Photo (@AFPphoto) June 28, 2018
Japan’s team against Poland today #JAPPOL pic.twitter.com/XtbpgebCGK
— Cristian Flores (@crisforanime) June 28, 2018
Fantastic decision there from the #Referee! #WorldCup #VAR #JAPPOL #bitcoin #crypto #HODL pic.twitter.com/qEZjIWIVcF
— Cloudbet (@Cloudbet) June 28, 2018
me rn #JAPPOL pic.twitter.com/MpTMBIUQ2y
— giulia (@ohundine) June 28, 2018
my dad deadass went to work at 5:30 am so he could come home earlier and watch #JAPPOL smh
— trisha (@hobisnobby) June 28, 2018
At least kids have better things to do than watch #JAPPOL pic.twitter.com/v3lZukAEF7
— Karol Gotfryd, in restructuring (@GotfrydKarol) June 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/vminstruth/status/1012334988736507904
The traditional Polish World Cup schedule is to play:
First game
Deciding game
Consolation game#JAPPOL— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) June 28, 2018
Japanese Samurai chasing Polish Hussars in Volgograd to take their 3 points home (2018, Colourized)#worldcup #ageofempires #JAPPOL pic.twitter.com/KzVV9RehUa
— Forgotten Empires (@ForgottenEmp) June 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/akeemojuko/status/1012367416876326913
MOOD. #JAPPOL pic.twitter.com/hloX43bwYZ
— garth (@jbttcck) June 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/__Anastazia__/status/1012354932240986113
https://twitter.com/DresdenDawg/status/1012362422672166919