Costa Rica

FIFA #43 · 4thin Group C · 0-0-2

Ugh, no.

Costa Rica lost to Japan

0-0-2 0 – 2

2-0-0

FT · Wed, Jul 26

Match Details

Forsyth Barr Stadium (Dunedin) · 6,992 fans · Fox Sports 1 View tournament bracket →

Highlights

Japan beat Costa Rica to close in on WWC knockouts

Two goals in two first-half minutes gave Japan a 2-0 win over Costa Rica at Dunedin Stadium on Wednesday to all but secure the 2011 champions a spot in the knockout rounds of the Women's World Cup.

Recap via ESPN

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Commentary

·Match ends, Japan 2, Costa Rica 0.
90'+6'Second Half ends, Japan 2, Costa Rica 0.
90'+6'Riko Ueki (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+6'Foul by Rocky Rodríguez (Costa Rica).
90'+5'Attempt missed. Sheika Scott (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mélissa Herrera with a headed pass.
90'+5'Attempt saved. Riko Ueki (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hinata Miyazawa.
90'+4'Attempt missed. Riko Ueki (Japan) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Hinata Miyazawa.
90'+3'Attempt saved. Riko Ueki (Japan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hina Sugita with a cross.
90'+1'Substitution, Japan. Miyabi Moriya replaces Risa Shimizu.
90'+1'Corner, Japan. Conceded by María Coto.
86'Fuka Nagano (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86'Foul by Gloriana Villalobos (Costa Rica).

Line Score

	1	2	T
CRC	0	0	0
JPN	2	0	2

Match Leaders

Costa Rica

GV Gloriana Villalobos · 2Total Shots
DS Daniela Solera · 10Saves

Japan

HN Hikaru Naomoto · 1Goals
HN Hikaru Naomoto · 5Total Shots
AY Ayaka Yamashita · 3Saves

FIFA Women's World Cup Standings

	Team	GP	W	L	GD	Pts
1	Japan	3	3	0	+11	9
2	Spain	3	2	1	+4	6
3	Zambia	3	1	2	-8	3
4	Costa Rica	3	0	3	-7	0

Key Events

90'+1'Substitution, Japan. Miyabi Moriya replaces Risa Shimizu.

85'Priscila Chinchilla (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

76'Substitution, Costa Rica. Sheika Scott replaces María Salas.

74'Substitution, Japan. Kiko Seike replaces Hikaru Naomoto.

74'Substitution, Japan. Fuka Nagano replaces Honoka Hayashi.

64'Substitution, Costa Rica. Rocky Rodríguez replaces Cristín Granados.

59'Substitution, Japan. Riko Ueki replaces Mina Tanaka.

59'Substitution, Japan. Hinata Miyazawa replaces Aoba Fujino.

45'Substitution, Costa Rica. Gloriana Villalobos replaces Gabriela Guillén.

27'Goal! Japan 2, Costa Rica 0. Aoba Fujino (Japan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mina Tanaka.

25'Goal! Japan 1, Costa Rica 0. Hikaru Naomoto (Japan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mina Tanaka.

Team Stats

Costa RicaJapan

General

43.1 Possession % 56.9

6 Shots 24

2 On Target 12

0 Offsides 1

0 Corners 9

13 Fouls 7

Passing & Defense

334 Passes Completed 455

1 Crosses Won 9

5 Tackles Won 8

11 Interceptions 15

24 Clearances 4

Discipline

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

10 Saves 2

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