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AUSTRALIA vs. JAPAN
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Fritz-Walter Stadion

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
AUSTRALIA
3 – 1
JAPAN
✦ REFEREE: E Fatah
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 26' ⚽ Shunsuke Nakamura
  • 52' •
  • 56' •
  • 61' •
  • 75' •
  • 79' •
  • 84' ⚽ Tim Cahill
  • 89' ⚽ Tim Cahill
  • 90' •
  • 90' ⚽ John Aloisi
▶ MATCH STATS
AUS 55% POSSESSION 45% JPN
AUS 22 SHOTS 9 JPN
AUS 11 SHOTS ON TARGET 3 JPN
AUS 23 FOULS 11 JPN
AUS 6 SAVES 10 JPN
AUS 0 RED CARDS 0 JPN
▶ LINE-UPS
AUSTRALIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKMark Schwarzer
  2. DFLucas Neill
  3. DFCraig Moore
  4. DFScott Chipperfield
  5. MFJason Culina
  6. MFLuke Wilkshire
  7. MFBrett Emerton
  8. MFVince Grella
  9. MFMarco Bresciano
  10. FWHarry Kewell
  11. FWMark Viduka
SUBSTITUTES
  • Tim Cahill▲ 52'⚽⚽
  • John Aloisi▲ 75'⚽
  • Joshua Kennedy▲ 61'
JAPAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKYoshikatsu Kawaguchi
  2. DFYuichi Komano
  3. DFTsuneyasu Miyamoto
  4. DFAlessandro Santos
  5. DFKeisuke Tsuboi
  6. DFYuji Nakazawa
  7. MFTakashi Fukunishi
  8. MFHidetoshi Nakata
  9. MFShunsuke Nakamura⚽
  10. FWNaohiro Takahara
  11. FWAtsushi Yanagisawa
SUBSTITUTES
  • Teruyuki Moniwa▲ 56'
  • Masashi Oguro▲ 90'
  • Shinji Ono▲ 79'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

AUSTRALIA
The Socceroos
EST. 1922
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
JAPAN
The Samurai Blue
EST. 1921
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ AUSTRALIA
▶ JAPAN
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