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Two own-goals saw the points shared Tuesday as Japan and Australia drew 1-1 in Asian World Cup qualifying. Shogo Taniguchi accidentally put Australia ahead just before the hour at Saitama Stadium ...
DOHA, Qatar — The goal that dumped Germany out of the 2022 World Cup initially didn’t count. Japan scored it to take the lead during its 2-1 win over Spain on Thursday, but referees initially ...
Masashi Nakayama scored Japan's first ever goal in a World Cup match against Jamaica on 26 June 1998 in a 2–1 defeat. [1] Keisuke Honda became the first Japanese player to score in three World Cups: 2010, 2014, 2018. [2] Japan made their seventh and most recent appearance at the finals at the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
On 23 November, Japan produced an upset, beating Germany 2–1, with two goals in an eight-minute span during the second half. [77] After losing to Costa Rica 1–0, [ 78 ] going into the final matchday, every team in Group E could qualify or be eliminated, with no team assured of any placement.
The Japan national football team in 2023, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competed in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team participated in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers , with the first matches being played on November, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar .
Chiefs linebacker Leo Chenal blocked a would-be game-winning field goal by Denver Broncos kicker Wil Lutz with 1 second remaining to secure a 16-14 victory. The 9-0 mark ties the franchise record ...
An assistant referee signals for offside by raising his flag.. Offside is one of the laws in association football, codified in Law 11 of the Laws of the Game.The law states that a player is in an offside position if any of their body parts are in the opponents' half of the pitch, and closer to the opponent's goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (the last opponent is ...
Hikaru Naomoto and Aoba Fujino scored two minutes apart in the first half to lead Japan to a 2-0 Women's World Cup victory over Costa Rica on Wednesday that put the Japanese on the brink of ...