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| 2 | A corner was collected by MINAMINO who fired an effort just beyond the far post. |
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| 3 | GOAL!! A patient Japan side were rewarded with a fierce shot from ITO. (1-0 Japan) |
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| 4 | WOOD headed wide. |
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| 4 | A poor shot from SUTTON trickled agonisingly wide. |
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| 8 | GOAL!! A tame shot from KAMADA seemed to hold little difficulty for the New Zealand 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled over the line. (2-0 Japan) |
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| 11 | SUTTON was put clear by STAMENIC and he beat SCHMIDT but thrust his shot just wide. |
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| 14 | DOAN rifled a simple chance past the near post. |
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| 14 | MAEDA waltzed past INGHAM and poked a poor shot into the crowd. |
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| 17 | KUBO knocked the ball to MINAMINO who flicked it over the bar. |
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| 23 | A lovely effort from MINAMINO scraped the outside of the post. |
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| 25 | ITO nodded the ball wide from just outside the area. |
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| 31 | KAMADA beat two New Zealand players and fired a shot over. |
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| 38 | The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from PAYNE dropped just over. |
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| 44 | KUBO made space on the left and knocked the ball to ITO who fired the ball over. |
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| 46 | GERNER books INGHAM for violent conduct against MAEDA. |
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| 47 | A twenty yard shot from WOOD caused the Japan 'keeper little difficulty. |
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| 53 | GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was skillfully drove into the top corner by TANAKA. (3-0 Japan) |
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| 56 | A perfect strike from WOOD was dealt with by a good block from the Japan 'keeper. |
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| 72 | GOAL!! A quick-witted DOAN pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (4-0 Japan) |
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| 76 | GOAL!! A beautiful inswinging corner was forced in at the far post by WOOD. (4-1 Japan) |
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| 84 | WOOD ran onto a great ball from SINGH but fired his shot wide. |
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| 90+1 | GOAL!! A mishit goal-kick was intercepted by DOAN who setup TANAKA with an easy chance. (5-1 Japan) |
Dane INGHAM