Japan vs Canada, 2022 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Japan

9': Yuki Soma

FT
1 - 2

Canada

21': Steven Vitória
90'+5': Lucas Cavallini (P)

About

Japan are hosting Canada at Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 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.
4': Offside, Japan. Takumi Minamino tries a through ball, but Yuki Soma is caught offside.
5': Alistair Johnston (Canada) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Takefusa Kubo (Japan).
7': Foul by Cyle Larin (Canada).
7': Ko Itakura (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Goal! Japan 1, Canada 0. Yuki Soma (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gaku Shibasaki with a through ball.
11': Corner, Canada. Conceded by Hiroki Ito.
11': Attempt missed. Steven Vitória (Canada) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Junior Hoilett with a cross following a corner.
14': Offside, Canada. Alistair Johnston tries a through ball, but Cyle Larin is caught offside.
14': Offside, Japan. Yuki Soma tries a through ball, but Takuma Asano is caught offside.
15': Foul by Ao Tanaka (Japan).
15': Jonathan David (Canada) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15': Foul by Samuel Adekugbe (Canada).
15': Yuki Soma (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Corner, Canada. Conceded by Shogo Taniguchi.
18': Attempt missed. Cyle Larin (Canada) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Junior Hoilett with a cross following a corner.
18': Attempt blocked. Alistair Johnston (Canada) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
18': Attempt missed. Steven Vitória (Canada) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alistair Johnston following a corner.
18': Foul by Alistair Johnston (Canada).
18': Takuma Asano (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Alistair Johnston (Canada) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19': Attempt missed. Takefusa Kubo (Japan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Takumi Minamino.
20': Corner, Canada. Conceded by Takefusa Kubo.
21': Attempt blocked. Atiba Hutchinson (Canada) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
21': Attempt blocked. Steven Vitória (Canada) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Atiba Hutchinson.
21': Goal! Japan 1, Canada 1. Steven Vitória (Canada) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.
28': Attempt saved. Tajon Buchanan (Canada) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan David.
28': Corner, Canada. Conceded by Shogo Taniguchi.
28': Corner, Canada. Conceded by Shogo Taniguchi.
29': Foul by Takuma Asano (Japan).
29': Samuel Adekugbe (Canada) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Atiba Hutchinson (Canada) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Takumi Minamino (Japan).
31': Attempt blocked. Jonathan David (Canada) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tajon Buchanan.
31': Foul by Takefusa Kubo (Japan).
31': Tajon Buchanan (Canada) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
32': Attempt missed. Samuel Adekugbe (Canada) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
33': Offside, Japan. Hiroki Ito tries a through ball, but Takuma Asano is caught offside.
34': Attempt missed. Jonathan David (Canada) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
35': Attempt blocked. Takefusa Kubo (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
40': Foul by Takefusa Kubo (Japan).
40': Tajon Buchanan (Canada) wins a free kick on the right wing.
41': Corner, Canada. Conceded by Ao Tanaka.
42': Attempt missed. Cyle Larin (Canada) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Junior Hoilett with a cross following a corner.
45': Atiba Hutchinson (Canada) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Foul by Takuma Asano (Japan).
45'+3': First Half ends, Japan 1, Canada 1.
45': Second Half begins Japan 1, Canada 1.
45': Substitution, Canada. Ismaël Koné replaces Samuel Piette.
45': Substitution, Japan. Ayase Ueda replaces Takuma Asano.
45': Substitution, Japan. Miki Yamane replaces Hiroki Sakai.
45': Substitution, Japan. Ritsu Doan replaces Takefusa Kubo.
46': Foul by Gaku Shibasaki (Japan).
46': Jonathan David (Canada) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Foul by Junior Hoilett (Canada).
48': Ritsu Doan (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
52': Hand ball by Takumi Minamino (Japan).
53': Attempt blocked. Junior Hoilett (Canada) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
55': Ayase Ueda (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Foul by Steven Vitória (Canada).
56': Ayase Ueda (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
56': Foul by Alistair Johnston (Canada).
56': Steven Vitória (Canada) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Attempt blocked. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
57': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Ismaël Koné.
59': Attempt saved. Takumi Minamino (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ayase Ueda.
60': Substitution, Canada. Jonathan Osorio replaces Tajon Buchanan.
60': Substitution, Canada. Mark-Anthony Kaye replaces Atiba Hutchinson.
60': Substitution, Canada. Richie Laryea replaces Samuel Adekugbe.
62': Attempt missed. Ayase Ueda (Japan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yuki Soma with a cross.
64': Attempt missed. Jonathan Osorio (Canada) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
67': Substitution, Japan. Yuto Nagatomo replaces Ko Itakura.
67': Substitution, Japan. Daichi Kamada replaces Ao Tanaka.
71': Substitution, Canada. Joel Waterman replaces Alistair Johnston.
71': Substitution, Canada. Lucas Cavallini replaces Cyle Larin.
73': Daichi Kamada (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by Kamal Miller (Canada).
74': Attempt missed. Jonathan David (Canada) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
79': Foul by Miki Yamane (Japan).
79': Richie Laryea (Canada) wins a free kick on the left wing.
82': Attempt missed. Jonathan David (Canada) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Junior Hoilett with a cross.
83': Foul by Ritsu Doan (Japan).
83': Richie Laryea (Canada) wins a free kick on the left wing.
85': Ayase Ueda (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Steven Vitória (Canada).
85': Substitution, Japan. Maya Yoshida replaces Takumi Minamino.
88': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Kamal Miller.
89': Miki Yamane (Japan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Gaku Shibasaki.
89': Foul by Yuki Soma (Japan).
89': Joel Waterman (Canada) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Corner, Canada. Conceded by Miki Yamane.
90'+2': Corner, Canada. Conceded by Shuichi Gonda.
90'+3': Penalty Canada. Richie Laryea draws a foul in the penalty area.
90'+3': Penalty conceded by Miki Yamane (Japan) after a foul in the penalty area.
90'+5': Goal! Japan 1, Canada 2. Lucas Cavallini (Canada) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Japan 1, Canada 2.
0': Match ends, Japan 1, Canada 2.

Statistics

CAN		JPN
8	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
8	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	1
54.4	Possession	45.6
17	SHOTS	7
3	ON GOAL	2
0.2	On Target %	0.3
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
469	Accurate Passes	374
534	Passes	450
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	1
19	Crosses	9
0.2	Cross %	0.1
59	Long Balls	49
38	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	2
11	Effective Tackles	16
17	Tackles	24
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
13	Interceptions	6
16	Effective Clearances	15
16	Clearances	15

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Al Maktoum Stadium
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Line-Ups

Japan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
12	Shuichi Gonda (GK)
3	Shogo Taniguchi
4	Kou Itakura
26	Hiroki Ito
19	Hiroki Sakai
10	Takumi Minamino
7	Gaku Shibasaki
17	Ao Tanaka
18	Takuma Asano
11	Takefusa Kubo
24	Yuki Soma

Japan Substitutes:

Maya Yoshida, Ritsu Doan, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Miki Yamane, Ayase Ueda, Daichi Kamada, Shuto Machino, Daizen Maeda, Daniel Schmidt, Junya Ito, Yuto Nagatomo, Eiji Kawashima.

Canada (4-4-2)

No.	Name
18	Milan Borjan (GK)
4	Kamal Miller
5	Steven Vitória
3	Sam Adekugbe
2	Alistair Johnston
6	Samuel Piette
13	Atiba Hutchinson
10	Junior Hoilett
11	Tajon Buchanan
17	Cyle Larin
20	Jonathan David

Canada Substitutes:

Joel Waterman, Liam Fraser, James Pantemis, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Jonathan Osorio, Lucas Cavallini, Stephen Eustáquio, Derek Cornelius, Dayne St. Clair, Richie Laryea, Ike Ugbo, Lukas MacNaughton, Liam Millar, Ismaël Koné, David Wotherspoon.

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