Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

FT Sunday, July 25, 2021
Mexico U23 WWWWW 1
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Japan U23 LDWW 2
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JPN202
Saitama Stadium 2002

Match Report

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
28
3
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
3
62.4
Possession
37.6
11
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
395
Accurate Passes
212
479
Passes
286
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
0
19
Crosses
3
0.2
Cross %
0.0
59
Long Balls
51
30
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
10
6
Effective Clearances
10
6
Clearances
10

Lineups

JPN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Kosei TaniG
  2. 4Kou ItakuraCD-L
  3. 5Maya YoshidaCD-R
  4. 3Yuta NakayamaLB
  5. 2Hiroki SakaiRB
  6. 7Takefusa KuboAM
  7. 6Wataru EndoLM
  8. 17Ao TanakaRM
  9. 19Daichi HayashiF
  10. 16Yuki SomaAM-L
  11. 10Ritsu DoanAM-R

MEX · 4-3-3

  1. 13Guillermo OchoaG
  2. 5Johan VásquezCD-L
  3. 3César MontesCD-R
  4. 14Érick AguirreLB
  5. 2Jorge SánchezRB
  6. 7Luis RomoCM
  7. 17Sebastián CórdovaLM
  8. 8Carlos RodríguezRM
  9. 9Henry MartínF
  10. 11Alexis VegaLF
  11. 10Diego LainezRF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Japan U23 1, Mexico U23 0. Takefusa Kubo (Japan U23) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ritsu Doan.
  2. 11' César Montes (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 12' Goal! Japan U23 2, Mexico U23 0. Ritsu Doan (Japan U23) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  4. 25' Carlos Rodríguez (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 29' Jorge Sánchez (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 43' Substitution, Mexico U23. Vladimir Loroña replaces Érick Aguirre because of an injury.
  7. 47' Hiroki Sakai (Japan U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 48' Ao Tanaka (Japan U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 57' Substitution, Mexico U23. Joaquín Esquivel replaces Carlos Rodríguez.
  10. 65' Substitution, Japan U23. Daizen Maeda replaces Yuki Soma.
  11. 66' Substitution, Mexico U23. Uriel Antuna replaces Diego Lainez.
  12. 67' Substitution, Mexico U23. Roberto Alvarado replaces Alexis Vega.
  13. 68' Johan Vásquez (Mexico U23) is shown the red card.
  14. 80' Substitution, Japan U23. Ayase Ueda replaces Daichi Hayashi.
  15. 80' Substitution, Japan U23. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Ritsu Doan.
  16. 85' Goal! Japan U23 2, Mexico U23 1. Roberto Alvarado (Mexico U23) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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