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Japan 2-1 New Zealand · International Friendly Games

Japan beat New Zealand 2-1 in the International Friendly Games. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Japan and New Zealand met in the International Friendly Games on Friday, 6 October 2017.

Goalscorers

Japan: Y. Osako 50'; S. Kurata 87'. New Zealand: C. Wood 58'.

How the match went

The referee showed 2 yellow cards (0 for Japan, 2 for New Zealand).

Line-ups

Japan started in a 4-3-3: Eiji Kawashima, Tomoaki Makino, Maya Yoshida, Hiroki Sakai, Yuto Nagatomo, Hotaru Yamaguchi, Shinji Kagawa, Yosuke Ideguchi, Yuya Kubo, Yuya Osako, Yoshinori Muto.

New Zealand started in a 4-4-2: Stefan Marinović, Dane Ingham, Winston Reid, Michael Boxall, A. Durante, Ryan Thomas, Michael McGlinchey, Kip Colvey, Kosta Barbarouses, Marco Rojas, Chris Wood.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Japan 0-0 New Zealand.
  2. 50'Goal! Japan 1-0 New Zealand. Y. Osako (Japan) converts the penalty.
  3. 58'Goal! Japan 1-1 New Zealand. C. Wood (New Zealand) scores.
  4. 87'Goal! Japan 2-1 New Zealand. S. Kurata (Japan) scores.
  5. 90'Full-time. Japan 2-1 New Zealand.
Full commentary (19 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Japan vs New Zealand.
  2. 44'Yellow card for C. Wood (New Zealand).
  3. 45'Half-time. Japan 0-0 New Zealand.
  4. 46'The second half is under way.
  5. 50'Goal! Japan 1-0 New Zealand. Y. Osako (Japan) converts the penalty.
  6. 50'Yellow card for A. Durante (New Zealand).
  7. 58'Goal! Japan 1-1 New Zealand. C. Wood (New Zealand) scores.
  8. 59'Substitution, Japan: Y. Kobayashi comes on for S. Kagawa.
  9. 59'Substitution, Japan: K. Sugimoto comes on for Y. Osako.
  10. 66'Substitution, New Zealand: T. Doyle comes on for K. Colvey.
  11. 70'Substitution, Japan: T. Inui comes on for Y. Muto.
  12. 71'Substitution, New Zealand: S. Smeltz comes on for K. Barbarouses.
  13. 75'Substitution, New Zealand: T. Tzimopoulos comes on for M. Rojas.
  14. 78'Substitution, Japan: T. Asano comes on for Y. Kubo.
  15. 83'Substitution, New Zealand: B. Tuiloma comes on for M. McGlinchey.
  16. 83'Substitution, Japan: S. Kurata comes on for Y. Ideguchi.
  17. 87'Goal! Japan 2-1 New Zealand. S. Kurata (Japan) scores.
  18. 90+3'Substitution, Japan: W. Endo comes on for Y. Hotaru.
  19. 90'Full-time. Japan 2-1 New Zealand.
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