FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

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Match Report

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Australia's World Cup qualification bid takes hit as Japan, Saudi Arabia make finals

Australia's hopes of automatic qualification for the World Cup are over after suffering a late 2-0 defeat at the hands of Japan in Sydney.

Full story at ESPN →

Head to Head

JPN leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

AUS

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 2Milos DegenekD
  3. 20Trent SainsburyD
  4. 13Joel KingD
  5. 4Rhyan GrantD
  6. 11Awer MabilM
  7. 3Connor MetcalfeM
  8. 6Martin BoyleM
  9. 19Gianni StensnessM
  10. 10Ajdin HrusticF
  11. 15Mitchell DukeF

JPN

  1. 12Shuichi GondaG
  2. 16Miki YamaneD
  3. 5Yuto NagatomoD
  4. 22Maya YoshidaD
  5. 4Kou ItakuraD
  6. 10Takumi MinaminoM
  7. 13Hidemasa MoritaM
  8. 6Wataru EndoM
  9. 17Ao TanakaM
  10. 14Junya ItoM
  11. 18Takuma AsanoF

Timeline

  1. 10' Yuto Nagatomo (Japan) Yellow Card at 10'
  2. 15' Conor Metcalfe (Australia) Yellow Card at 15'
  3. 45' James Jeggo (Australia) Substitution at 45'
  4. 54' Gianni Stensness (Australia) Yellow Card at 54'
  5. 63' Ayase Ueda (Japan) Substitution at 63'
  6. 63' Yuta Nakayama (Japan) Substitution at 63'
  7. 68' Bruno Fornaroli (Australia) Substitution at 68'
  8. 68' Marco Tilio (Australia) Substitution at 68'
  9. 84' Genki Haraguchi (Japan) Substitution at 84'
  10. 84' Jamie Maclaren (Australia) Substitution at 84'
  11. 84' Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) Substitution at 84'
  12. 89' Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) Goal at 89'
  13. 90' Ben Folami (Australia) Substitution at 90'
  14. 90'+4' Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) Goal at 94'

WCQ - AFC News

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