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JAPAN vs. CAMEROON
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Free State Toyota Stadium

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
JAPAN
1 – 0
CAMEROON
✦ REFEREE: Olegário Benquerença
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 39' ⚽ Keisuke Honda
  • 63' •
  • 69' •
  • 75' •
  • 75' •
  • 81' •
  • 88' •
▶ MATCH STATS
JPN 42% POSSESSION 58% CMR
JPN 3 SHOTS 9 CMR
JPN 2 SHOTS ON TARGET 2 CMR
JPN 20 FOULS 29 CMR
JPN 2 SAVES 1 CMR
JPN 0 RED CARDS 0 CMR
▶ LINE-UPS
JAPAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKEiji Kawashima
  2. DFMarcus Tulio Tanaka
  3. DFYuji Nakazawa
  4. DFYuto Nagatomo
  5. DFYuichi Komano
  6. MFYuki Abe
  7. MFYasuhito Endo
  8. MFMakoto Hasebe
  9. FWKeisuke Honda⚽
  10. FWYoshito Okubo
  11. FWDaisuke Matsui
SUBSTITUTES
  • Junichi Inamoto▲ 88'
  • Kisho Yano▲ 81'
  • Shinji Okazaki▲ 69'
CAMEROON
STARTING XI
  1. GKSouleymanou Hamidou
  2. DFSébastien Bassong
  3. DFNicolas Nkoulou
  4. DFBenoît Assou-Ekotto
  5. DFStéphane M'bia
  6. MFJoël Matip
  7. MFEyong Enoh
  8. MFJean Makoun
  9. FWPierre Webó
  10. FWEric Maxim Choupo-Moting
  11. FWSamuel Eto'o
SUBSTITUTES
  • Achille Emaná▲ 63'
  • Geremi▲ 75'
  • Mohamadou Idrissou▲ 75'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

JAPAN
The Samurai Blue
EST. 1921
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
CAMEROON
The Indomitable Lions
EST. 1959

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ JAPAN
▶ CAMEROON
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