FIFA International Friendlies

Ghana

FIFA #65
Ugh, no.
Ghana lost to Japan
Ghana 0 – 2 Japan
FT · Fri, Nov 14

Match Details

Toyota Stadium (Japan) (Toyota) · 40,030 fans

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Japan 2, Ghana 0.
  • 90'+4'Second Half ends, Japan 2, Ghana 0.
  • 90'+3'Gideon Mensah (Ghana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3'Foul by Yukinari Sugawara (Japan).
  • 90'+1'Shogo Taniguchi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1'Foul by Prince Owusu (Ghana).
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 88'Substitution, Ghana. Prince Owusu replaces Derrick Köhn.
  • 88'Substitution, Ghana. Prince Owusu replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
  • 88'Attempt missed. Tomoya Ando (Japan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Yukinari Sugawara with a cross following a corner.
  • 87'Corner, Japan. Conceded by Jonas Adjetey.
  • 86'Attempt missed. Joel Chima Fujita (Japan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Junnosuke Suzuki.

Line Score

12T
GHA 00 0
JPN 11 2

Match Leaders

Ghana
Japan

Key Events

88'Substitution, Ghana. Prince Owusu replaces Derrick Köhn.
88'Substitution, Ghana. Prince Owusu replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
82'Substitution, Japan. Ryunosuke Sato replaces Keito Nakamura.
76'Substitution, Japan. Keisuke Goto replaces Ayase Ueda.
76'Substitution, Japan. Tomoya Ando replaces Takefusa Kubo.
76'Substitution, Japan. Sota Kitano replaces Takumi Minamino.
75'Substitution, Ghana. Christopher Bonsu Baah replaces Brandon Thomas-Asante.
75'Substitution, Ghana. Gideon Mensah replaces Jerome Opoku.
68'Substitution, Japan. Joel Chima Fujita replaces Ao Tanaka.
68'Substitution, Japan. Yukinari Sugawara replaces Ritsu Doan.
60'Goal! Japan 2, Ghana 0. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Takefusa Kubo.
56'Substitution, Ghana. Prince Adu replaces Antoine Semenyo.
56'Substitution, Ghana. Alidu Seidu replaces Abu Francis because of an injury.
16'Goal! Japan 1, Ghana 0. Takumi Minamino (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kaishu Sano.

Recent Form

Japan W D L D W
Ghana W D W W W

Starting Lineups

Japan3-4-2-1
1 Hayakawa
5 Watanabe 3 Taniguchi 25 Suzuki
10 Doan 60' 21 Sano 17 Tanaka 13 Nakamura
20 Kubo 18 Ueda
8 Minamino 16'
11 Semenyo
9 Thomas-Asante 8 Sibo 19 Francis 22 Sulemana
13 Köhn 18 Opoku 4 Adjetey 15 Oppong 3 Yirenkyi
12 Anang
Ghana5-4-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Japan

  1. TH #1 Tomoki HayakawaG
  2. ST #3 Shogo TaniguchiCD
  3. JS #25 Junnosuke SuzukiCD-L
  4. #5 Tsuyoshi WatanabeCD-R
  5. AT #17 Ao TanakaCM-L
  6. KS #21 Kaishu SanoCM-R
  7. KN #13 Keito NakamuraLM
  8. #10 Ritsu DoanRM60'
  9. AU #18 Ayase UedaF
  10. TM #8 Takumi MinaminoCF-L16'
  11. TK #20 Takefusa KuboCF-R
Substitutes · 6 used

Ghana

  1. JA #12 Joseph AnangG
  2. JA #4 Jonas AdjeteyCD
  3. JO #18 Jerome OpokuCD-L
  4. KP #15 Kojo Peprah OppongCD-R
  5. #13 Derrick KöhnLB
  6. CY #3 Caleb YirenkyiRB
  7. KS #8 Kwasi SiboCM-L
  8. AF #19 Abu FrancisCM-R
  9. BT #9 Brandon Thomas-AsanteLM
  10. KS #22 Kamaldeen SulemanaRM
  11. AS #11 Antoine SemenyoF
Substitutes · 6 used

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Recent Results
L 0–1 at Colombia Round of 32 L 1–2 at Croatia D 0–0 at England W 1–0 vs Panama D 1–1 at Wales L 0–2 at Mexico L 1–5 at Austria L 0–1 at South Korea L 0–2 at Japan W 4–0 at Trinidad and Tobago