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⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
TUNISIA
0 4
JAPAN
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▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 4' Daichi Kamada 1–0; fastest World Cup goal in Japan's history, flicked in at the near post
  • 31' Ayase Ueda 2–0; low drive into the bottom-left corner from the edge of the area
  • 45'
  • 45'
  • 64'
  • 69' Junya Ito 3–0; latched onto a through ball and calmly finished
  • 73'
  • 74'
  • 79'
  • 79'
  • 83' Ayase Ueda 4–0; looping header into the bottom-right corner
  • 84'
  • 90'
  • 90'
▶ MATCH STATS
TUN 25% POSSESSION 75% JPN
TUN 2 SHOTS 11 JPN
TUN 0 SHOTS ON TARGET 5 JPN
TUN 12 FOULS 9 JPN
TUN 5 SAVES 0 JPN
TUN 0 RED CARDS 0 JPN
▶ LINE-UPS
TUNISIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKAymen Dahmen
  2. CBMontassar Talbi
  3. CBOmar Rekik
  4. DFDylan Bronn▼ 45'
  5. CMEllyes Skhiri▼ 90'
  6. MFAnis Slimane
  7. LBAli Abdi▼ 90'
  8. RBYan Valery
  9. FWSebastian Tounekti▼ 64'
  10. MFHannibal Mejbri
  11. FWElias Saad▼ 45'
SUBSTITUTES
  • Ismaël Gharbi▲ 45'
  • Mohamed-Amine Ben Hamida▲ 45'
  • Firas Chaouat▲ 64'
  • Rani Khedira▲ 90'
  • Elias Achouri▲ 90'
JAPAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKZion Suzuki
  2. CBKo Itakura
  3. CBHiroki Ito
  4. CBTakehiro Tomiyasu▼ 79'
  5. MFAo Tanaka
  6. MFKaishu Sano
  7. WBKeito Nakamura▼ 79'
  8. WBRitsu Doan▼ 74'
  9. STAyase Ueda▼ 84'⚽⚽
  10. MFDaichi Kamada▼ 73'
  11. FWJunya Ito
SUBSTITUTES
  • Junnosuke Suzuki▲ 73'
  • Yukinari Sugawara▲ 74'
  • Yuito Suzuki▲ 79'
  • Ayumu Seko▲ 79'
  • Keisuke Goto▲ 84'

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TUNISIA
The Eagles of Carthage
EST. 1957
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H2H
1—6
JPN LEADS · 6–1
MEETINGS
7
JAPAN
The Samurai Blue
EST. 1921
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