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Japan 2-1 Iraq · World Cup Qualification AFC

Japan beat Iraq 2-1 in the World Cup Qualification AFC. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Japan and Iraq met in the World Cup Qualification AFC on Thursday, 6 October 2016.

Goalscorers

Japan: G. Haraguchi 26'; Y. Hotaru 90'. Iraq: S. Abdulameer 60'.

How the match went

The referee showed 4 yellow cards (1 for Japan, 3 for Iraq).

Line-ups

Japan started: Shusaku Nishikawa, Maya Yoshida, Masato Morishige, Makoto Hasebe, Hiroki Sakai, Gotoku Sakai, Hiroshi Kiyotake, Keisuke Honda, Yosuke Kashiwagi, Genki Haraguchi, Shinji Okazaki.

Iraq started: Mohammed Hameed, Dhurgham Ismail, Saad Natiq, Ahmed Ibrahim, Waleed Salim, Ali Adnan, Alaa Abdul-Zahra, Amjad Attwan, Ahmed Yasin, Saad Abdul Ameer, Mohanad Abdulraheem.

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Minute by minute

  1. 26'Goal! Japan 1-0 Iraq. G. Haraguchi (Japan) scores, assisted by H. Kiyotake.
  2. 45'Half-time. Japan 1-0 Iraq.
  3. 60'Goal! Japan 1-1 Iraq. S. Abdulameer (Iraq) scores, assisted by A. Yasin.
  4. 90+5'Goal! Japan 2-1 Iraq. Y. Hotaru (Japan) scores.
  5. 90'Full-time. Japan 2-1 Iraq.
Full commentary (19 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Japan vs Iraq.
  2. 26'Goal! Japan 1-0 Iraq. G. Haraguchi (Japan) scores, assisted by H. Kiyotake.
  3. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  4. 45'Half-time. Japan 1-0 Iraq.
  5. 46'The second half is under way.
  6. 53'Substitution, Iraq: M. Kamil comes on for A. Attwan.
  7. 60'Goal! Japan 1-1 Iraq. S. Abdulameer (Iraq) scores, assisted by A. Yasin.
  8. 66'Yellow card for H. Sakai (Japan).
  9. 67'Substitution, Japan: Y. Hotaru comes on for Y. Kashiwagi.
  10. 69'Substitution, Iraq: J. Mohammed comes on for M. Abdulraheem.
  11. 73'Yellow card for W. Salem (Iraq).
  12. 75'Substitution, Japan: T. Asano comes on for S. Okazaki.
  13. 81'Substitution, Japan: Y. Kobayashi comes on for K. Honda.
  14. 82'Yellow card for M. Hameed (Iraq).
  15. 83'Substitution, Iraq: B. Resan comes on for A. Yasin.
  16. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  17. 90+3'Yellow card for A. Abdul-Zahra (Iraq).
  18. 90+5'Goal! Japan 2-1 Iraq. Y. Hotaru (Japan) scores.
  19. 90'Full-time. Japan 2-1 Iraq.
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