AFC Asian Cup

FT Friday, January 16, 2015
Japan WWWWW 1
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Iraq LWWLW 0
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JPN101
IRQ000
Suncorp Stadium · 22,941 att.

Match Report

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Japan edge Iraq 1-0 to almost seal Asian Cup quarterfinal berth

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Head to Head

JPN leads series 2-0

Lineups

IRQ

  1. 12Jalal HassanG
  2. 2Ahmed Ibrahim KhalafD
  3. 6Ali Adnan KadhimD
  4. 14Salam ShakirD
  5. 15Dhurgham IsmailD
  6. 23Waleed SalimD
  7. 5Yaser KasimM
  8. 7Amjad KalafM
  9. 21Saad AbdulameerM
  10. 10Younus MahmoodF
  11. 17Alaa Abdul-ZehraF

Substitutes

  1. 1Ali YaseenG
  2. 20Mohammed FarhanG
  3. 3Ali Bahjat FadhilD
  4. 4Ali FaezD
  5. 18Sameh SaeedD
  6. 9Ahmed Yasin GhaniM
  7. 11Humam FarajM
  8. 13Osama JabbarM
  9. 19Kamil MahdiM
  10. 22Ali Fesny FaisalM
  11. 8Justin MeramF
  12. 16Marwan HusseinF

JPN

  1. 1Eiji KawashimaG
  2. 5Yuto NagatomoD
  3. 6Masato MorishigeD
  4. 21Gotoku SakaiD
  5. 22Maya YoshidaD
  6. 4Keisuke HondaM
  7. 7Yasuhito EndoM
  8. 10Shinji KagawaM
  9. 17Makoto HasebeM
  10. 18Takashi InuiM
  11. 9Shinji OkazakiF

Substitutes

  1. 12Shusaku NishikawaG
  2. 23Masaaki HigashiguchiG
  3. 2Naomichi UedaD
  4. 3Kosuke OtaD
  5. 16Tsukasa ShiotaniD
  6. 19Gen ShojiD
  7. 8Hiroshi KiyotakeM
  8. 14Yoshinori MutoM
  9. 15Yasuyuki KonnoM
  10. 20Gaku ShibasakiM
  11. 11Yohei ToyodaF
  12. 13Yuzo KobayashiF

Timeline

  1. 23' Keisuke Honda (Japan) Penalty - Scored at 23'
  2. 51' Alaa Abdul-Zehra (Iraq) Yellow Card at 51'
  3. 55' Justin Meram (Iraq) Substitution at 55'
  4. 61' Salam Shaker (Iraq) Yellow Card at 61'
  5. 64' Hiroshi Kiyotake (Japan) Substitution at 64'
  6. 64' Yasuyuki Konno (Japan) Substitution at 64'
  7. 67' Ahmed Yasin (Iraq) Substitution at 67'
  8. 74' Hiroshi Kiyotake (Japan) Yellow Card at 74'
  9. 90' Yoshinori Muto (Japan) Substitution at 90'
  10. 90'
  11. 90'+2' Yasuyuki Konno (Japan) Yellow Card at 92'

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