FIFA World Cup

FT Sunday, November 27, 2022
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Japan LWDLW 0
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Ahmad bin Ali Stadium · 41,479 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Costa Rica stun Japan with late Keysher Fuller winner to bounce back from Spain thrashing

Japan missed the chance to advance to the World Cup last 16 after Keysher Fuller's goal 10 minutes from time gave Costa Rica a surprise 1-0 win.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
22
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
0
43.2
Possession
56.8
4
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
353
Accurate Passes
505
443
Passes
582
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
1
6
Crosses
14
0.0
Cross %
0.1
69
Long Balls
45
25
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
7
10
Effective Tackles
8
25
Tackles
17
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
4
19
Effective Clearances
7
19
Clearances
7

Highlights

00:38 Onuoha: Costa Rica earn redemption with win vs. Japan Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

JPN leads series 2-0

Lineups

JPN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Shuichi GondaG
  2. 22Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 4Kou ItakuraCD-R
  4. 5Yuto NagatomoLB
  5. 2Miki YamaneRB
  6. 15Daichi KamadaAM
  7. 13Hidemasa MoritaLM
  8. 6Wataru EndoRM
  9. 21Ayase UedaF
  10. 24Yuki SomaAM-L
  11. 8Ritsu DoanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Gaku ShibasakiSUB
  2. 25Daizen MaedaSUB
  3. 10Takumi MinaminoSUB
  4. 11Takefusa KuboSUB
  5. 26Hiroki ItoSUB
  6. 3Shogo TaniguchiSUB
  7. 1Eiji KawashimaSUB
  8. 17Ao TanakaSUB
  9. 14Junya ItoSUB
  10. 19Hiroki SakaiSUB
  11. 20Shuto MachinoSUB
  12. 18Takuma AsanoSUB
  13. 16Takehiro TomiyasuSUB
  14. 9Kaoru MitomaSUB
  15. 23Daniel SchmidtSUB

CRC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 19Kendall WastonCD
  3. 15Francisco CalvoCD-L
  4. 6Óscar DuarteCD-R
  5. 17Yeltsin TejedaCM-L
  6. 5Celso BorgesCM-R
  7. 8Bryan OviedoLM
  8. 4Keysher FullerRM
  9. 7Anthony ContrerasF
  10. 12Joel CampbellCF-L
  11. 13Gerson TorresCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Daniel ChacónSUB
  2. 9Jewison BennetteSUB
  3. 16Carlos MartinezSUB
  4. 24Roan WilsonSUB
  5. 20Brandon AguileraSUB
  6. 11Johan VenegasSUB
  7. 18Esteban AlvaradoSUB
  8. 25Anthony HernándezSUB
  9. 14Youstin SalasSUB
  10. 3Juan Pablo VargasSUB
  11. 23Patrick SequeiraSUB
  12. 21Douglas LópezSUB
  13. 10Bryan RuizSUB
  14. 22Rónald MatarritaSUB
  15. 26Álvaro ZamoraSUB

Timeline

  1. 41' Anthony Contreras (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Miki Yamane (Japan) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Substitution, Japan. Hiroki Ito replaces Yuto Nagatomo.
  4. 45' Substitution, Japan. Takuma Asano replaces Ayase Ueda.
  5. 61' Celso Borges (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Substitution, Japan. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Miki Yamane.
  7. 65' Substitution, Costa Rica. Brandon Aguilera replaces Gerson Torres.
  8. 65' Substitution, Costa Rica. Jewison Bennette replaces Anthony Contreras.
  9. 67' Substitution, Japan. Junya Ito replaces Ritsu Doan.
  10. 70' Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 81' Goal! Japan 0, Costa Rica 1. Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Yeltsin Tejeda.
  12. 82' Substitution, Japan. Takumi Minamino replaces Yuki Soma.
  13. 84' Ko Itakura (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Substitution, Costa Rica. Youstin Salas replaces Celso Borges.
  15. 90'+3' Wataru Endo (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+5' Substitution, Costa Rica. Daniel Chacón replaces Joel Campbell.

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