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PARAGUAY vs. JAPAN
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Loftus Versfeld Stadium

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME · AFTER EXTRA TIME
PARAGUAY
0 – 0
JAPAN
✦ REFEREE: Frank De Bleeckere
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 60' •
  • 66' •
  • 75' •
  • 81' •
  • 94' •
  • 105' •
▶ MATCH STATS
PAR 58% POSSESSION 42% JPN
PAR 18 SHOTS 16 JPN
PAR 6 SHOTS ON TARGET 6 JPN
PAR 26 FOULS 29 JPN
PAR 4 SAVES 6 JPN
PAR 0 RED CARDS 0 JPN
▶ LINE-UPS
PARAGUAY
STARTING XI
  1. GKJusto Villar
  2. DFAntolin Alcaraz
  3. DFPaulo da Silva
  4. DFClaudio Morel Rodríguez
  5. DFCarlos Bonet
  6. MFNéstor Ortigoza
  7. MFCristian Riveros
  8. MFEnrique Vera
  9. FWLucas Barrios
  10. FWEdgar Benítez
  11. FWRoque Santa Cruz
SUBSTITUTES
  • Nelson Haedo Valdez▲ 60'
  • Óscar Cardozo▲ 94'
  • Édgar Barreto▲ 75'
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
  • Keiji Tamada▲ 105'
  • Shinji Okazaki▲ 66'
  • Kengo Nakamura▲ 81'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

PARAGUAY
La Albirroja
EST. 1906
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
JAPAN
The Samurai Blue
EST. 1921
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ PARAGUAY
▶ JAPAN
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