FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Thursday, March 20, 2025
Bahrain WWLWW 0
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Japan WWDWW 2
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JPN022
Saitama Stadium 2002 · 58,137 att.

Match Report

Kamada, Kubo strike as Japan become first nation to qualify for World Cup

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Head to Head

JPN leads series 5-0

Lineups

JPN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Zion SuzukiG
  2. 4Kou ItakuraCD
  3. 21Hiroki ItoCD-L
  4. 22Ayumu SekoCD-R
  5. 5Hidemasa MoritaCM-L
  6. 6Wataru EndoCM-R
  7. 7Kaoru MitomaLM
  8. 10Ritsu DoanRM
  9. 9Ayase UedaF
  10. 8Takumi MinaminoCF-L
  11. 20Takefusa KuboCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Junya ItoSUB
  2. 23Kosei TaniSUB
  3. 12Keisuke OsakoSUB
  4. 16Yuta NakayamaSUB
  5. 3Kota TakaiSUB
  6. 11Daizen MaedaSUB
  7. 2Yukinari SugawaraSUB
  8. 17Ao TanakaSUB
  9. 19Reo HatateSUB
  10. 13Keito NakamuraSUB
  11. 15Daichi KamadaSUB
  12. 18Shuto MachinoSUB

BHR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Ebrahim LutfallaG
  2. 3Waleed Al-HayamCD-L
  3. 2Amine BenaddiCD-R
  4. 23Abdulla Al KhalasiLB
  5. 5Hamed Al-ShamsanRB
  6. 8Mohamed MarhoonAM
  7. 10Komail Al-AswadLM
  8. 4Sayed Dhiya SaeedRM
  9. 12Mahdi AbduljabbarF
  10. 20Mahdi Al-HumaidanAM-L
  11. 7Ali Jaafar MadanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Abdulkarim FardanSUB
  2. 16Sayed Mahdi BaqerSUB
  3. 19Husain AbdulkarimSUB
  4. 11Ismail AbdullatifSUB
  5. 21Sayed Mohamed JaafarSUB
  6. 6Vincent Ani EmmanuelSUB
  7. 9Ibrahim Al KhatalSUB
  8. 14Ali Abdula HaramSUB
  9. 15Jasim Al-ShaikhSUB
  10. 18Hazaa AliSUB
  11. 13Mohamed Al-RomaihiSUB
  12. 17Sayed Al WadaeiSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Amine Benaddi (Bahrain) Yellow Card at 19'
  2. 45' Ao Tanaka (Japan) Substitution at 45'
  3. 61' Mohamed Al-Romaihi (Bahrain) Substitution at 61'
  4. 63' Junya Ito (Japan) Substitution at 63'
  5. 63' Daichi Kamada (Japan) Substitution at 63'
  6. 66' Daichi Kamada (Japan) Goal at 66'
  7. 76' Keito Nakamura (Japan) Substitution at 76'
  8. 82' Vincent Ani Emmanuel (Bahrain) Substitution at 82'
  9. 85' Husain Abdulkarim (Bahrain) Substitution at 85'
  10. 86' Shuto Machino (Japan) Substitution at 86'
  11. 87' Takefusa Kubo (Japan) Goal at 87'
  12. 88' Takefusa Kubo (Japan) Yellow Card at 88'

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