FIFA World Cup

FT Thursday, June 28, 2018
Poland WDWLL 1
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Japan LLWWD 0
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Volgograd Arena · 42,189 att. · FS1

Match Report

Japan advances on yellow cards despite losing at World Cup

Japan advanced to the knockout round at the World Cup on a tiebreaker, fewer yellow cards than Senegal.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
1
45.9
Possession
54.1
11
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
382
Accurate Passes
470
459
Passes
542
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
46
36
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
5
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
9
18
Effective Clearances
23
18
Clearances
23

Head to Head

JPN leads series 1-0

Lineups

JPN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Eiji KawashimaG
  2. 20Tomoaki MakinoCD-L
  3. 22Maya YoshidaCD-R
  4. 5Yuto NagatomoLB
  5. 19Hiroki SakaiRB
  6. 16Hotaru YamaguchiCM-L
  7. 7Gaku ShibasakiCM-R
  8. 11Takashi UsamiLM
  9. 21Gotoku SakaiRM
  10. 9Shinji OkazakiCF-L
  11. 13Yoshinori MutoCF-R

POL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 5Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 15Kamil GlikCD-R
  4. 3Artur JedrzejczykLB
  5. 18Bartosz BereszynskiRB
  6. 19Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 6Jacek GóralskiLM
  8. 10Grzegorz KrychowiakRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 21Rafal KurzawaAM-L
  11. 11Kamil GrosickiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 47' Substitution, Japan. Yuya Osako replaces Shinji Okazaki because of an injury.
  2. 59' Goal! Japan 0, Poland 1. Jan Bednarek (Poland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rafal Kurzawa following a set piece situation.
  3. 65' Substitution, Japan. Takashi Inui replaces Takashi Usami.
  4. 66' Tomoaki Makino (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 79' Substitution, Poland. Lukasz Teodorczyk replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  6. 79' Substitution, Poland. Slawomir Peszko replaces Rafal Kurzawa.
  7. 82' Substitution, Japan. Makoto Hasebe replaces Yoshinori Muto.

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