AFC Asian Cup

FT Monday, January 28, 2019
Japan WWWWW 3
–
Iran WWDWW 0
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JPN033
IRN000
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium · 23,262 att.

Match Report

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Japan ease to Asian Cup final place with victory over favourites Iran

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
1
52.7
Possession
47.3
7
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
258
Accurate Passes
194
347
Passes
301
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
72
12
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.2
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
6
7
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
11
47
Effective Clearances
10
47
Clearances
10

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

IRN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 13Hossein KananiCD-L
  3. 8Morteza PouraliganjiCD-R
  4. 5Milad MohammadiLB
  5. 23Ramin RezaeianRB
  6. 21Ashkan DejagahAM
  7. 3Ehsan HajsafiLM
  8. 9Omid EbrahimiRM
  9. 20Sardar AzmounF
  10. 11Vahid AmiriAM-L
  11. 18Alireza JahanbakhshAM-R

JPN · 4-4-2

  1. 12Shuichi GondaG
  2. 22Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 16Takehiro TomiyasuCD-R
  4. 5Yuto NagatomoLB
  5. 19Hiroki SakaiRB
  6. 6Wataru EndoCM-L
  7. 7Gaku ShibasakiCM-R
  8. 8Genki HaraguchiLM
  9. 21Ritsu DoanRM
  10. 9Takumi MinaminoCF-L
  11. 15Yuya OsakoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Vahid Amiri (Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Omid Ebrahimi (Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 46' Hiroki Sakai (Japan) Yellow Card at 46'
  4. 56' Goal! Iran 0, Japan 1. Yuya Osako (Japan) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Takumi Minamino with a cross.
  5. 58' Substitution, Iran. Karim Ansarifard replaces Vahid Amiri.
  6. 60' Substitution, Japan. Tsukasa Shiotani replaces Wataru Endo because of an injury.
  7. 65' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field stands.
  8. 67' Goal! Iran 0, Japan 2. Yuya Osako (Japan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  9. 71' Substitution, Iran. Mahdi Torabi replaces Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
  10. 71' Substitution, Iran. Saman Ghoddos replaces Ashkan Dejagah.
  11. 73' Substitution, Japan. Sei Muroya replaces Hiroki Sakai because of an injury.
  12. 89' Substitution, Japan. Junya Ito replaces Ritsu Doan.
  13. 90'+1' Goal! Iran 0, Japan 3. Genki Haraguchi (Japan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Takumi Minamino.
  14. 90'+4' Sardar Azmoun (Iran) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+4' Yuto Nagatomo (Japan) is shown the yellow card.

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