FIFA Women's World Cup

FT Saturday, June 27, 2015
Japan LWWWW 1
–
Australia WLWDW 0
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AUS000
Commonwealth Stadium

Match Report

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Late goal sends Japan past Australia into semifinals

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
0
3
Saves
2
60
Possession
40
15
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
467
Accurate Passes
269
563
Passes
365
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
0
17
Crosses
3
0.2
Cross %
0.0
67
Long Balls
69
24
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
15
20
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
15
10
Clearances
15

Lineups

AUS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Lydia WilliamsG
  2. 14Alanna KennedyCD-L
  3. 5Laura BrockCD-R
  4. 7Steph CatleyLB
  5. 9Caitlin FoordRB
  6. 8Elise Kellond-KnightCM
  7. 10Emily van EgmondLM
  8. 19Katrina GorryRM
  9. 17Kyah SimonF
  10. 20Sam KerrLF
  11. 11Lisa De VannaRF

JPN · 4-4-2

  1. 18Ayumi KaihoriG
  2. 4Saki KumagaiCD-L
  3. 3Azusa IwashimizuCD-R
  4. 5Aya SameshimaLB
  5. 19Saori AriyoshiRB
  6. 13Rumi UtsugiCM-L
  7. 6Mizuho SakaguchiCM-R
  8. 8Aya MiyamaLM
  9. 9Nahomi KawasumiRM
  10. 17Yuki NagasatoCF-L
  11. 11Shinobu OhnoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Azusa Iwashimizu (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 67' Substitution, Australia. Larissa Crummer replaces Lisa De Vanna.
  3. 72' Substitution, Japan. Mana Iwabuchi replaces Shinobu Ohno.
  4. 76' Substitution, Australia. Michelle Heyman replaces Katrina-Lee Gorry.
  5. 87' Goal! Australia 0, Japan 1. Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Azusa Iwashimizu following a corner.
  6. 89' Substitution, Australia. Ashleigh Sykes replaces Kyah Simon.
  7. 90' Substitution, Japan. Homare Sawa replaces Mizuho Sakaguchi.

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