It just must be them, isn't that so?
Football has an entertaining approach to raising stories, and two Japan players - who play their club football in Germany - schemed to score the objectives that crushed the Europeans 2-1 at the World Cup.
After Saudi Arabia's seismic triumph over Argentina on Tuesday, this was one more colossal shock in Qatar.
It left Germany's players quietly getting away from Khalifa Worldwide Arena at full-time, and the Japan crew celebrating before their overjoyed following.
"It is a blessing from heaven," winning goalscorer Takuma Asano told BBC Radio 5 Live. "We realized we could make it happen, we had a fantasy like this.
"We watched the Saudi game and figured we can make it happen - then, at that point, we just did it today."
Captain and previous Southampton safeguard Maya Yoshida said: "Enormous win, monstrous win. However, it is as yet extreme to go through. It is totally astonishing however, we must be modest and exceptionally cautious.
"We present Asia and numerous allies from Asia supporting us today. This is the magnificence of football."
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'We are arriving at the worldwide norm'
Japan fans were in fine voice previously, during and after the game.
On the metro to the arena, Japan ally Take let BBC Game know that his side would win 2-1. There wasn't any genuine feeling in his articulation, yet the way that right he was.
Samurai Blue allies were skipping at the Game City stop outside the ground, and it went on inside with the pocket of fans almost an 'Ultra Nippon' banner reciting, singing and banging their drum all through the game.
Germany fans were immeasurably dwarfed and deafeningly outsung, their possibly genuine cheer coming when Ilkay Gundogan scored from the punishment spot for a 1-0 half-time lead.
Japan neglected to have a shot on track in the initial period, however scored with two of their three endeavors in the second time frame to finish a great circle back.
"It seemed like a home game," one ally from close to Nagoya told BBC Game thereafter. "We showed our actual battling soul."
Japan supervisor Hajime Moriyasu, who gave an enlivened post-coordinate group talk with his players in a cluster on the pitch, likewise hailed the abilities to engage of his players.
"We are arriving at the worldwide norm," he said. "We are showing our capacity from Asian football. They have a superb goalkeeper in any case, our players were extremely smart.
"At the point when we yielded an objective, we proceeded. You must be constant, then you can go. Our group contended energetically. We should be extreme as late as possible and afterward we can get this second.
"Perhaps we could show that Japanese players have been moving toward their actual capacities."
Previous Britain striker Chris Sutton said on BBC Radio 5 Live: "What a peculiar World Cup. What a peculiar game.
"Japan weren't in it in the principal half - Germany were controlling it. Then, at that point, out of nowhere Japan show they can play. Then, at that point, Asano with a splendid completion, he lifts the ball into the top of the net past Manuel Neuer.
"Japan waited and this gathering is truly fascinating. Japan have left their imprint now and the Germans have work to do. This gathering currently is totally open."
Previous Germany chief and striker Jurgen Klinsmann told BBC Game: "For Germany, this is extremely, disturbing. What's more, clearly, you are in a gathering with Spain, which makes it much trickier. So there is a gamble not to escape the gathering. What's more, I simply think it wasn't important to arrive at that point.
"They were fundamentally cruising yet Germany were never fit for getting into a higher stuff, according to a rhythm perspective, a passing perspective, it was excessively sluggish, it was excessively dormant and it got them in the final part and Japan moved their degree of hostility and nibble and scrappiness, they tracked down a way back into the game and merited the success. "
'A notable second'
Five of Japan's beginning XI play in Germany, as well as Ritsu Doan of Freiburg and Bochum's Asano, who both fell off the seat to score their objectives.
There might be an off-kilter trade assuming that their nation progress to the last 16 and send the four-time champions home at the primary obstacle for the second back to back World Cup.
It should be different for Germany this time.
Unloaded out of the gathering stage at the World Cup in 2018, staggered by one more Asian resistance in South Korea on that event, this was a shot at reclamation for Hansi Flick and his men.
Be that as it may, Japan absorbed the strain and had recently 26% of ownership, to hand Germany their first loss in quite a while subsequent to scoring the initial objective in World Cup matches, extending back to 1994.
Moriyasu added: "I accept it is a memorable second and a triumph no doubt. On the off chance that I'm contemplating the improvement of Japanese football, we are developing and players are traveling to another country.
"We accept those associations have added to the capacity of our Japanese players, so we are extremely appreciative and aware to that. In any case, regardless of the rival, we go for the success.
"Numerous German individuals thus numerous splendid players and coaches have contributed and helped us in Japanese football. Today Japan won. Notwithstanding, Japan needs to keep gaining from Germany and the world to play. That is our future thought."
With a heavyweight conflict up next against Spain and adjusting against Costa Rica, Germany have quite recently a 37% possibility coming to the following round, as indicated by analysts Opta.
The outcome likewise implied Germany lost a game in the wake of driving at half-time On the planet Cup interestingly since June 1978.
A downbeat Flick said: "obviously know with this loss and zero focuses we are feeling the squeeze. There is no doubt about that.
"We can fault ourselves. We need to ensure we can emerge from this and be gutsy and unequivocal."
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