Japan vs Serbia, 2021 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Japan

48': Junya Ito

FT
1 - 0

Serbia

About

Japan are hosting Serbia at Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
3': Kento Hashimoto (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Offside, Japan. Naomichi Ueda tries a through ball, but Kyogo Furuhashi is caught offside.
9': Foul by Kento Hashimoto (Japan).
9': Nemanja Jovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
13': Foul by Uros Spajic (Serbia).
13': Takumi Minamino (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
14': Dejan Joveljic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Kento Hashimoto (Japan).
15': Foul by Shogo Taniguchi (Japan).
15': Milan Makaric (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
21': Offside, Japan. Kento Hashimoto tries a through ball, but Hidemasa Morita is caught offside.
22': Daichi Kamada (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
22': Foul by Marko Grujic (Serbia).
23': Attempt blocked. Daichi Kamada (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
31': Dejan Joveljic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Hidemasa Morita (Japan).
32': Foul by Junya Ito (Japan).
32': Marko Grujic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Nemanja Jovic (Serbia).
33': Sei Muroya (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Attempt saved. Junya Ito (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kento Hashimoto.
35': Foul by Sei Muroya (Japan).
35': Milan Makaric (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36': Foul by Naomichi Ueda (Japan).
36': Milan Makaric (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Attempt blocked. Marko Grujic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksa Terzic.
41': Attempt missed. Dejan Joveljic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Milan Makaric.
43': Foul by Sei Muroya (Japan).
43': Nemanja Jovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Attempt missed. Milan Makaric (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Uros Spajic.
45'+1': Hand ball by Junya Ito (Japan).
45'+1': First Half ends, Japan 0, Serbia 0.
45': Second Half begins Japan 0, Serbia 0.
45': Substitution, Japan. Ado Onaiwu replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
45': Substitution, Japan. Hayao Kawabe replaces Kento Hashimoto.
45': Substitution, Serbia. Marko Petkovic replaces Marko Grujic.
45': Substitution, Serbia. Milos Vulic replaces Milan Makaric.
46': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (Serbia).
46': Naomichi Ueda (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Dejan Joveljic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
47': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Aleksa Terzic.
48': Attempt missed. Shogo Taniguchi (Japan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daichi Kamada with a cross following a corner.
48': Goal! Japan 1, Serbia 0. Junya Ito (Japan) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Shogo Taniguchi following a corner.
49': Foul by Sei Muroya (Japan).
49': Nemanja Jovic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
52': Dejan Joveljic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Hayao Kawabe (Japan).
52': Aleksa Terzic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
52': Foul by Sei Muroya (Japan).
53': Attempt saved. Stefan Mitrovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksa Terzic with a cross.
58': Substitution, Serbia. Zeljko Gavric replaces Nemanja Jovic.
59': Foul by Yuto Nagatomo (Japan).
59': Marko Petkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
61': Shogo Taniguchi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Offside, Japan. Junya Ito tries a through ball, but Ado Onaiwu is caught offside.
65': Substitution, Japan. Miki Yamane replaces Sei Muroya.
66': Foul by Hayao Kawabe (Japan).
66': Milos Vulic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
67': Daichi Kamada (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Foul by Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia).
68': Offside, Japan. Hidemasa Morita tries a through ball, but Junya Ito is caught offside.
70': Attempt saved. Daichi Kamada (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hidemasa Morita.
72': Substitution, Serbia. Sava-Arangel Cestic replaces Stefan Mitrovic.
72': Attempt missed. Hidemasa Morita (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
73': Foul by Miki Yamane (Japan).
73': Zeljko Gavric (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
74': Aleksa Terzic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Miki Yamane (Japan).
76': Substitution, Japan. Takuma Asano replaces Junya Ito.
77': Dejan Joveljic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Foul by Naomichi Ueda (Japan).
78': Foul by Takuma Asano (Japan).
78': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Substitution, Serbia. Ivan Ilic replaces Nemanja Maksimovic.
78': Foul by Takumi Minamino (Japan).
78': Ivan Ilic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia).
81': Shogo Taniguchi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Uros Spajic.
82': Substitution, Japan. Genki Haraguchi replaces Takumi Minamino.
82': Substitution, Japan. Ryoya Ogawa replaces Yuto Nagatomo.
83': Dejan Joveljic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Foul by Naomichi Ueda (Japan).
84': Foul by Hidemasa Morita (Japan).
84': Milos Vulic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Attempt saved. Takuma Asano (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Genki Haraguchi.
87': Foul by Ado Onaiwu (Japan).
87': Sava-Arangel Cestic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Attempt saved. Takuma Asano (Japan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Naomichi Ueda.
89': Dejan Joveljic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Naomichi Ueda (Japan).
90': Foul by Hayao Kawabe (Japan).
90': Milos Vulic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
90'+1': Takuma Asano (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Ryoya Ogawa (Japan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hidemasa Morita with a cross following a set piece situation.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Japan 1, Serbia 0.
0': Match ends, Japan 1, Serbia 0.

Statistics

SRB		JPN
9	Fouls	24
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	4
0	Corner Kicks	2
4	Saves	1
44.9	Possession	55.1
4	SHOTS	9
1	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
401	Accurate Passes	511
498	Passes	612
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	2
6	Crosses	11
0.2	Cross %	0.2
76	Long Balls	42
35	Accurate Long Balls	17
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	1
6	Effective Tackles	7
7	Tackles	13
0.9	Tackle %	0.5
24	Interceptions	6
9	Effective Clearances	7
9	Clearances	7

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Location: Kobe, Japan

Line-Ups

Japan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
12	Shuichi Gonda (GK)
6	Shogo Taniguchi
2	Naomichi Ueda
5	Yuto Nagatomo
3	Sei Muroya
9	Daichi Kamada
13	Kento Hashimoto
7	Hidemasa Morita
11	Kyogo Furuhashi
10	Takumi Minamino
14	Junya Ito

Japan Substitutes:

Eiji Kawashima, Shinnosuke Nakatani, Sho Sasaki, Gen Shoji, Daniel Schmidt, Miki Yamane, Genki Haraguchi, Ado Onaiwu, Hayao Kawabe, Kosuke Nakamura, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Ryoya Ogawa, Takuma Asano.

Serbia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Predrag Rajkovic (GK)
13	Stefan Mitrovic
2	Strahinja Pavlovic
5	Uros Spajic
6	Nemanja Maksimovic
16	Marko Grujic
17	Aleksa Terzic
8	Nemanja Gudelj
18	Milan Makaric
11	Nemanja Jovic
9	Dejan Joveljic

Serbia Substitutes:

Marko Petkovic, Djordje Nikolic, Sava-Arangel Cestic, Marko Ilic, Zeljko Gavric, Ivan Ilic, Milos Vulic.

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