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FT Tuesday, October 16, 2018
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Saitama Stadium 2002 · 57,239 att.

Match Report

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Takumi Minamino scores twice as Japan beat Uruguay in thriller

Japan made it three wins out of three under new coach Hajime Moriyasu with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Uruguay in a friendly on Tuesday night.

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Head to Head

URU leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

JPN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Masaaki HigashiguchiG
  2. 22Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 2Genta MiuraCD-R
  4. 5Yuto NagatomoLB
  5. 19Hiroki SakaiRB
  6. 9Takumi MinaminoAM
  7. 7Gaku ShibasakiLM
  8. 6Wataru EndoRM
  9. 15Yuya OsakoF
  10. 10Shoya NakajimaAM-L
  11. 21Ritsu DoanAM-R

URU · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Fernando MusleraG
  2. 3Diego GodínCD-L
  3. 19Sebastián CoatesCD-R
  4. 17Diego LaxaltLB
  5. 22Martín CáceresRB
  6. 14Lucas TorreiraCM-L
  7. 6Rodrigo BentancurCM-R
  8. 4Marcelo SaracchiLM
  9. 16Gastón PereiroRM
  10. 21Edinson CavaniF
  11. 10Giorgian de ArrascaetaRCF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Japan 1, Uruguay 0. Takumi Minamino (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Shoya Nakajima.
  2. 28' Goal! Japan 1, Uruguay 1. Gastón Pereiro (Uruguay) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  3. 36' Goal! Japan 2, Uruguay 1. Yuya Osako (Japan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal.
  4. 45' Substitution, Uruguay. Federico Valverde replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  5. 45' Substitution, Uruguay. Jonathan Rodríguez replaces Giorgian de Arrascaeta.
  6. 53' Marcelo Saracchi (Uruguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Goal! Japan 2, Uruguay 2. Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 59' Goal! Japan 3, Uruguay 2. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hiroki Sakai following a corner.
  9. 64' Substitution, Uruguay. Camilo Mayada replaces Martín Cáceres.
  10. 66' Goal! Japan 4, Uruguay 2. Takumi Minamino (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 74' Substitution, Japan. Toshihiro Aoyama replaces Gaku Shibasaki.
  12. 74' Substitution, Uruguay. Nahitan Nández replaces Lucas Torreira.
  13. 75' Goal! Japan 4, Uruguay 3. Jonathan Rodríguez (Uruguay) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edinson Cavani.
  14. 77' Substitution, Uruguay. Maxi Gómez replaces Gastón Pereiro.
  15. 85' Substitution, Uruguay. Cristhian Stuani replaces Maxi Gómez.
  16. 87' Substitution, Japan. Genki Haraguchi replaces Shoya Nakajima.

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