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Japan beat El Salvador
El Salvador 0 – 6 Japan
FT · Thu, Jun 15

Match Details

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Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Japan 6, El Salvador 0.
  • ·Match ends, Japan 6, El Salvador 0.
  • 90'Second Half ends, Japan 6, El Salvador 0.
  • 90'Corner, Japan. Conceded by William Canales.
  • 89'Yuki Soma (Japan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box following a corner.
  • 89'Attempt saved. Ko Itakura (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Atsuki Ito.
  • 89'Attempt missed. Atsuki Ito (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 88'Corner, Japan. Conceded by Bryan Tamacas.
  • 87'Corner, Japan. Conceded by Eriq Zavaleta.
  • 84'William Canales (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84'Foul by Keito Nakamura (Japan).
  • 84'Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Line Score

12T
SLV 00 0
JPN 42 6

Match Leaders

El Salvador
Japan

Key Events

76'Substitution, Japan. Atsuki Ito replaces Hidemasa Morita.
75'Substitution, El Salvador. William Canales replaces Alex Roldan.
74'Substitution, El Salvador. Christian Martínez replaces Narciso Orellana.
73'Goal! Japan 6, El Salvador 0. Kyogo Furuhashi (Japan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yuki Soma with a cross.
67'Substitution, El Salvador. Mayer Gil replaces Jairo Henríquez.
67'Substitution, El Salvador. Cristian Gil replaces Brayan Gil.
65'Substitution, Japan. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Ayase Ueda.
65'Substitution, Japan. Takuma Asano replaces Takefusa Kubo.
65'Substitution, Japan. Hayao Kawabe replaces Ritsu Doan.
60'Goal! Japan 5, El Salvador 0. Keito Nakamura (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Takefusa Kubo.
50'Jairo Henríquez (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'Substitution, Japan. Keito Nakamura replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
45'Substitution, Japan. Yuki Soma replaces Yukinari Sugawara.
45'Substitution, El Salvador. Melvin Cartagena replaces Brayan Landaverde.
44'Goal! Japan 4, El Salvador 0. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
27'Substitution, El Salvador. Roberto Domínguez replaces Kevin Reyes.
25'Goal! Japan 3, El Salvador 0. Takefusa Kubo (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
4'Goal! Japan 2, El Salvador 0. Ayase Ueda (Japan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
3'Ronald Rodríguez (El Salvador) is shown the red card.
1'Goal! Japan 1, El Salvador 0. Shogo Taniguchi (Japan) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Takefusa Kubo with a cross following a set piece situation.

Recent Form

Japan L W L D L
El Salvador D L L L L

Starting Lineups

El Salvador4-4-2
1 González
21 Tamacas 4 Zavaleta 5 Gómez 15 Roldan
7 Pérez 6 Orellana 8 Landaverde 19 Reyes
9 Gil 17 Henríquez
7 Mitoma 9 Ueda 4' 20 Kubo 25'
19 Hatate 5 Morita 10 Doan 44'
24 Morishita 3 Taniguchi 1' 4 Itakura 2 Sugawara
12 Osako
Japan4-3-3
Full lineups and substitutes

Japan

  1. KO #12 Keisuke OsakoG
  2. ST #3 Shogo TaniguchiCD-L1'
  3. #4 Kou ItakuraCD-R
  4. RM #24 Ryoya MorishitaLB
  5. #2 Yukinari SugawaraRB
  6. HM #5 Hidemasa MoritaCM
  7. RH #19 Reo HatateLM
  8. #10 Ritsu DoanRM44'
  9. AU #9 Ayase UedaF4'
  10. KM #7 Kaoru MitomaLF
  11. TK #20 Takefusa KuboRF25'
Substitutes · 6 used

El Salvador

  1. MG #1 Mario GonzálezG
  2. RG #5 Ronald GómezCD-L
  3. #4 Eriq ZavaletaCD-R
  4. #15 Alex RoldanLB
  5. BT #21 Bryan TamacasRB
  6. BL #8 Brayan LandaverdeCM-L
  7. NO #6 Narciso OrellanaCM-R
  8. KR #19 Kevin ReyesLM
  9. #7 Joshua PérezRM
  10. JH #17 Jairo HenríquezCF-L
  11. BG #9 Brayan GilCF-R
Substitutes · 6 used

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