Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

FT Friday, August 6, 2021
Japan U23 WWWWL 1
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Mexico U23 WLWWL 3
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JPN011
MEX213
Saitama Stadium 2002

Match Report

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
5
57.8
Possession
42.2
21
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
450
Accurate Passes
294
521
Passes
384
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
13
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
61
22
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
6
15
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
13
11
Effective Clearances
20
11
Clearances
20

Head to Head

JPN leads series 1-0

Lineups

MEX · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Guillermo OchoaG
  2. 5Johan VásquezCD-L
  3. 3César MontesCD-R
  4. 4Jesús AnguloLB
  5. 2Jorge SánchezRB
  6. 17Sebastián CórdovaAM
  7. 8Carlos RodríguezLM
  8. 7Luis RomoRM
  9. 9Henry MartínF
  10. 11Alexis VegaAM-L
  11. 10Diego LainezAM-R

JPN · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Kosei TaniG
  2. 14Takehiro TomiyasuCD-L
  3. 5Maya YoshidaCD-R
  4. 3Yuta NakayamaLB
  5. 2Hiroki SakaiRB
  6. 17Ao TanakaCM-L
  7. 6Wataru EndoCM-R
  8. 16Yuki SomaLM
  9. 10Ritsu DoanRM
  10. 19Daichi HayashiF
  11. 7Takefusa KuboRCF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Mexico U23 1, Japan U23 0. Sebastián Córdova (Mexico U23) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 19' Wataru Endo (Japan U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Goal! Mexico U23 2, Japan U23 0. Johan Vásquez (Mexico U23) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sebastián Córdova with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 27' Johan Vásquez (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Jorge Sánchez (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Japan U23. Reo Hatate replaces Yuki Soma.
  7. 57' Substitution, Mexico U23. Uriel Antuna replaces Diego Lainez because of an injury.
  8. 58' Goal! Mexico U23 3, Japan U23 0. Alexis Vega (Mexico U23) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sebastián Córdova with a cross following a corner.
  9. 62' Substitution, Japan U23. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Yuta Nakayama.
  10. 63' Substitution, Japan U23. Ayase Ueda replaces Daichi Hayashi.
  11. 71' Substitution, Japan U23. Ko Itakura replaces Ao Tanaka.
  12. 78' Goal! Mexico U23 3, Japan U23 1. Kaoru Mitoma (Japan U23) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Takefusa Kubo.
  13. 78' Substitution, Mexico U23. Roberto Alvarado replaces Alexis Vega.
  14. 79' Substitution, Mexico U23. Fernando Beltrán replaces Sebastián Córdova.
  15. 80' Ayase Ueda (Japan U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 80' Substitution, Japan U23. Koji Miyoshi replaces Wataru Endo.
  17. 86' Substitution, Mexico U23. Joaquín Esquivel replaces Carlos Rodríguez.
  18. 87' Substitution, Mexico U23. Eduardo Aguirre replaces Henry Martín.
  19. 90'+3' Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card.

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