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2018 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Two
Japan
7-1-0
, 22 PTS
5
Syria
6-0-2
, 18 PTS
0
Hamdi Al-Massri
- 18' OG
Shinji Kagawa
- 66', 90'
Keisuke Honda
- 86'
Kenki Haraguchi
- 90'+3'
Summary
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
JPN
SYR
No.
Name
12
Shusaku Nishikawa
5
Yuto Nagatomo
6
Masato Morishige
21
Gotoku Sakai
22
Maya Yoshida
4
Keisuke Honda
10
Shinji Kagawa
16
Hotaru Yamaguchi
8
Kenki Haraguchi
17
Makoto Hasebe
11
Takashi Usami
13
Hiroshi Kiyotake
9
Shinji Okazaki
15
Mu Kanazaki
Substitutes
1
Eiji Kawashima
23
Masaaki Higashiguchi
2
Gen Shoji
3
Hiroki Fujiharu
19
Hiroki Sakai
20
Tomoaki Makino
7
Yosuke Kashiwagi
14
Manabu Saito
18
Mike Havenaar
Game Information
Saitama Stadium 2002
11:30 AM, 29 March 2016
Referees:
Alireza Faghani
Match Timeline
Japan
Syria
KO
18
HT
46
57
58
60
65
66
77
78
85
86
FT
90
90+3
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