International Friendly

Japan vs Paraguay, 2022 International Friendly

· International Friendly
Japan
  • 36': Takuma Asano
  • 42': Daichi Kamada
  • 60': Kaoru Mitoma
  • 85': Ao Tanaka
FT
4 - 1
Paraguay
  • 59': Derlis González

About

Japan are hosting Paraguay at , , , starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Richard Sánchez (Paraguay).
  • 1': Genki Haraguchi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 1': Offside, Japan. Miki Yamane tries a through ball, but Takuma Asano is caught offside.
  • 4': Andrés Cubas (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Miki Yamane (Japan).
  • 5': Attempt saved. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Hiroki Ito.
  • 5': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Santiago Rojas.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Hiroki Ito (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Shogo Taniguchi with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Wataru Endo (Japan) right footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Hiroki Ito following a corner.
  • 8': Derlis González (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Foul by Shogo Taniguchi (Japan).
  • 9': Attempt saved. Gabriel Ávalos (Paraguay) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Richard Sánchez.
  • 11': Daichi Kamada (Japan) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
  • 13': Offside, Japan. Genki Haraguchi tries a through ball, but Takuma Asano is caught offside.
  • 15': Foul by Gabriel Ávalos (Paraguay).
  • 15': Shogo Taniguchi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Attempt blocked. Genki Haraguchi (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ritsu Doan.
  • 16': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Luis Zárate.
  • 17': Foul by Omar Alderete (Paraguay).
  • 17': Takuma Asano (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 20': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Óscar Romero.
  • 21': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Blás Riveros.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Hiroki Ito (Japan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Daichi Kamada with a cross following a corner.
  • 22': Blás Riveros (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 22': Foul by Ritsu Doan (Japan).
  • 23': Foul by Óscar Romero (Paraguay).
  • 23': Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Genki Haraguchi (Japan).
  • 24': Richard Sánchez (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Derlis González (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Foul by Shogo Taniguchi (Japan).
  • 26': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Omar Alderete.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Hiroki Ito (Japan) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Ritsu Doan with a cross following a corner.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ritsu Doan.
  • 29': Attempt saved. Blás Riveros (Paraguay) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 30': Andrés Cubas (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Foul by Daichi Kamada (Japan).
  • 30': Attempt saved. Óscar Romero (Paraguay) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 33': Foul by Gabriel Ávalos (Paraguay).
  • 33': Wataru Endo (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Luis Zárate.
  • 34': Attempt blocked. Wataru Endo (Japan) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Daichi Kamada with a cross.
  • 36': Goal! Japan 1, Paraguay 0. Takuma Asano (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Genki Haraguchi with a through ball.
  • 37': Foul by Derlis González (Paraguay).
  • 37': Wataru Endo (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Derlis González (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Wataru Endo (Japan).
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Óscar Romero (Paraguay) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrés Cubas.
  • 39': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Genki Haraguchi.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Miki Yamane (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Takuma Asano.
  • 42': Goal! Japan 2, Paraguay 0. Daichi Kamada (Japan) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ritsu Doan with a cross.
  • 43': Foul by Omar Alderete (Paraguay).
  • 43': Ritsu Doan (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 44': Omar Alderete (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Foul by Hiroki Ito (Japan).
  • 45': Óscar Romero (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Japan 2, Paraguay 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Japan 2, Paraguay 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Japan. Daizen Maeda replaces Takuma Asano.
  • 45': Substitution, Japan. Kou Itakura replaces Wataru Endo.
  • 45': Substitution, Japan. Yuta Nakayama replaces Maya Yoshida.
  • 46': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Paraguay).
  • 46': Ritsu Doan (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Kaoru Mitoma (Japan).
  • 49': Óscar Romero (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Daichi Kamada (Japan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daizen Maeda.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Daizen Maeda (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuta Nakayama with a cross.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Óscar Romero (Paraguay) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Benítez.
  • 53': Foul by Alan Benítez (Paraguay).
  • 53': Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Daichi Kamada (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Paraguay).
  • 55': Foul by Derlis González (Paraguay).
  • 55': Genki Haraguchi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Derlis González (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Daichi Kamada (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 56': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Paraguay).
  • 57': Attempt missed. Kou Itakura (Japan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ritsu Doan following a set piece situation.
  • 59': Goal! Japan 2, Paraguay 1. Derlis González (Paraguay) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Óscar Romero.
  • 60': Goal! Japan 3, Paraguay 1. Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Genki Haraguchi.
  • 62': Substitution, Japan. Ao Tanaka replaces Genki Haraguchi.
  • 62': Ao Tanaka (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Óscar Romero (Paraguay).
  • 63': Attempt saved. Ao Tanaka (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Daizen Maeda (Japan) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Yuta Nakayama with a cross.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
  • 65': Substitution, Paraguay. Jesús Medina replaces Óscar Romero.
  • 66': Substitution, Paraguay. Ángel Romero replaces Gabriel Ávalos.
  • 66': Substitution, Paraguay. Ángel Cardozo Lucena replaces Richard Sánchez.
  • 68': Penalty Japan. Daichi Kamada draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 68': Penalty conceded by Santiago Rojas (Paraguay) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 70': Penalty saved! Ritsu Doan (Japan) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Miki Yamane (Japan) right footed shot from very close range is too high following a set piece situation.
  • 71': Substitution, Japan. Takefusa Kubo replaces Ritsu Doan.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Derlis González.
  • 72': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Shogo Taniguchi.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Omar Alderete (Paraguay) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jesús Medina with a cross following a corner.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Daizen Maeda (Japan) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Daichi Kamada.
  • 77': Derlis González (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 77': Foul by Daichi Kamada (Japan).
  • 78': Attempt missed. Derlis González (Paraguay) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Medina following a set piece situation.
  • 79': Derlis González (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Yuta Nakayama (Japan).
  • 80': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Kou Itakura.
  • 81': Foul by Jesús Medina (Paraguay).
  • 81': Yuta Nakayama (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Daichi Kamada (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kou Itakura.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Daizen Maeda (Japan) left footed shot from very close range is too high.
  • 82': Substitution, Japan. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
  • 84': Foul by Blás Riveros (Paraguay).
  • 84': Takefusa Kubo (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 85': Goal! Japan 4, Paraguay 1. Ao Tanaka (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daichi Kamada.
  • 88': Foul by Kou Itakura (Japan).
  • 88': Ángel Romero (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Luis Zárate (Paraguay) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jesús Medina following a set piece situation.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Kyogo Furuhashi (Japan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuta Nakayama.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Daizen Maeda (Japan) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Miki Yamane with a cross.
  • 90'+2': Andrés Cubas (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Japan).
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Japan 4, Paraguay 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Japan 4, Paraguay 1.

Statistics

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16 Fouls 13
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 6
6 Saves 3
39.7 Possession 60.3
10 SHOTS 28
4 ON GOAL 10
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
302 Accurate Passes 503
381 Passes 579
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 8
8 Crosses 13
0.1 Cross % 0.6
51 Long Balls 38
21 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 5
10 Effective Tackles 13
13 Tackles 17
0.8 Tackle % 0.8
15 Interceptions 10
8 Effective Clearances 11
8 Clearances 11

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 24,511

Line-Ups

JPN Japan (4-3-3)

No. Name
23 Daniel Schmidt (GK)
22 Maya Yoshida
3 Shogo Taniguchi
26 Hiroki Ito
2 Miki Yamane
6 Wataru Endo
9 Daichi Kamada
8 Genki Haraguchi
18 Takuma Asano
15 Kaoru Mitoma
21 Ritsu Doan
Japan Substitutes:
Kyogo Furuhashi, Shuichi Gonda, Yuto Nagatomo, Keisuke Osako, Junya Ito, Eiji Kawashima, Takefusa Kubo, Ao Tanaka, Kou Itakura, Yuta Nakayama, Daizen Maeda, Ayase Ueda.

PAR Paraguay (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
22 Santiago Rojas (GK)
3 Omar Alderete Yellow Card
5 Luis Zárate
15 Blas Riveros
2 Alan Benítez
7 Derlis González Yellow Card
18 Andrés Cubas
20 Richard Sánchez
9 Gabriel Ávalos
10 Miguel Almirón
21 Óscar Romero
Paraguay Substitutes:
Héctor Martínez, Antony Silva, Juan Espínola, Jorge Morel, Richard Ortíz, Ángel Romero, Ángel Cardozo, Jesus Medina, Santiago Arzamendia, David Colman.

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