Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

FT Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Spain U23 DWDW 1
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Japan U23 WWWWW 0
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Saitama Stadium 2002

Match Report

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Spain beat Japan, book final spot thanks to Marco Asensio's late goal

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
15
6
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
11
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
5
68.8
Possession
31.2
20
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
821
Accurate Passes
307
918
Passes
400
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
29
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
68
35
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
8
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
16
12
Tackles
23
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
18
Interceptions
16
16
Effective Clearances
27
16
Clearances
27

Lineups

JPN · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Kosei TaniG
  2. 4Kou ItakuraCD-L
  3. 5Maya YoshidaCD-R
  4. 3Yuta NakayamaLB
  5. 2Hiroki SakaiRB
  6. 17Ao TanakaCM-L
  7. 6Wataru EndoCM-R
  8. 13Reo HatateLM
  9. 10Ritsu DoanRM
  10. 19Daichi HayashiF
  11. 7Takefusa KuboRCF

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 12Eric GarcíaCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 18Óscar GilRB
  6. 6Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 16PedriLM
  8. 8Mikel MerinoRM
  9. 11Mikel OyarzabalF
  10. 19Dani OlmoLF
  11. 9Rafa MirRF

Timeline

  1. 13' Óscar Gil (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Spain U23. Jesús Vallejo replaces Óscar Gil.
  3. 51' Mikel Merino (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Substitution, Spain U23. Carlos Soler replaces Mikel Merino.
  5. 60' Substitution, Spain U23. Javier Puado replaces Dani Olmo.
  6. 65' Substitution, Japan U23. Ayase Ueda replaces Daichi Hayashi.
  7. 65' Substitution, Japan U23. Yuki Soma replaces Reo Hatate.
  8. 83' Substitution, Spain U23. Marco Asensio replaces Pedri.
  9. 90'+5' Martín Zubimendi (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90' Substitution, Japan U23. Koji Miyoshi replaces Takefusa Kubo.
  11. 90' Substitution, Japan U23. Daizen Maeda replaces Ritsu Doan.
  12. 90' First Half Extra Time begins Japan U23 0, Spain U23 0.
  13. 97' Substitution, Spain U23. Jon Moncayola replaces Martín Zubimendi.
  14. 99' Hiroki Sakai (Japan U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 105'+2'
  16. 105'
  17. 105' Substitution, Spain U23. Juan Miranda replaces Marc Cucurella.
  18. 110' Jesús Vallejo (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 115' Goal! Japan U23 0, Spain U23 1. Marco Asensio (Spain U23) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal.
  20. 116' Marco Asensio (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  21. 117' Rafa Mir (Spain U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 118' Substitution, Japan U23. Daiki Hashioka replaces Ao Tanaka.
  23. 120'+4' Second Half Extra Time ends, Japan U23 0, Spain U23 1.

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