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Key moments
END OF MATCH
Japan calmly overcomes Syria at home and adds three more points in the Qualifiers!
Change at Syria
Replacement in Syria: Ham left and Anez entered.
GOAL FOR JAPAN
Minamino, shooting from distance, sent the ball into the right corner to score the fifth Japanese goal!
Out
Elias received the pass and shot hard, from distance, but sent it to the right of the goal.
Two yellows
Two yellow cards in a row, one for Ham and one for Kamada.
31 Substituition in Japan
Change in Japan: Ito left and Tani entered.
GOAL FOR JAPAN
Soma was the one who hit, sending the ball into the right corner to increase the score even further!
PENALTY FOR JAPAN
Soma was brought down by Weiss in the box, earning the maximum penalty and a yellow card for the Syrian defender! And before the crash there was a change in Japan: Tanaka left and Kawamura entered.
Out
Machida, on Doan's cross, got a strong header, but sent the ball over the goal.
Glellel
Ueda got a strong shot in the right corner, but Glellel saved another!
Substituitions
Changes on both teams. Abraham left Syria and Ramadan entered. In Japan, Kubo and Endo came out for Soma and Kamada.
In Glellel's hand
Minamino, following Kubo's pass, shot without an angle and sent the ball into Glellel's hands.
Glellel
Doan, on Ito's pass, managed to finish, but sent the ball into Glellel's hands.
Out
Ito was the name of the moment to shoot from distance and send it over the goal.
Glellel
Doan shot hard from distance and sent the ball into Glellel's hands.
Change in Japan
And confirming that during the break Nakamura left and Ito entered Japan.
SECOND HALF STARTS
The players return to the pitch and the ball rolls for the second stage of the match!
END OF FIRST HALF
With goals from Ueda, Doan and Krouma, against, Japan is easily beating Syria.
Added time
We will have three more minutes of extra time in the first half.
Fouls!
Japan continues to attack, but the game is lacking, as Syria started to stop the plays with fouls.
Game Slows Down
And with 3-0 on the scoreboard, Japan continues to press, but without being in as much danger as before, with the pace of the match falling.
Blocked
Minamino received Nakamura's pass and shot hard, but it was stopped by the defense.
GLALLEL
Ueda, now on the pass and from Kubo, got the strong shot, but Glellel saved it in the middle of the goal!
To the left
Ueda, following Endo's pass, got a strong finish and sent the ball to the left of the goal.
GOAL FOR JAPAN
Doan, on Endo's pass, shot hard and Glellel saved, but on the rebound Koruma tried to clear it and ended up sending it against his own goal!
GOAL FOR JAPAN
Doan received the pass on the edge of the box and hit it hard, sending the ball into the right corner to score Japan's second goal!
OUT
Amor, on Ajaan's cross, got a strong header and sent the ball to the right of the goal.
GOAL FOR JAPAN
Nakamura got the cross and Ueda went high to head it into the left corner, opening the score!
Out!
Kubo, in a quick response, received Nakamura's pass and shot hard, but sent it to the left of the goal.
Out!
Al Somah, with a long shot, sent the ball over the goal, Syria's first goal.
Glellel
Doan received the pass at the edge of the area and risked the first cross, but sent the ball into Glellel's hands.
HERE WE GO
The players take to the pitch and the ball rolls for the match stage!
Today's games - part 3
At 12pm we will have Oman x Kyrgyzstan and Lebanon x Bangladesh. An hour later, Iran hosts Bangladesh and the UAE faces Bahrain. Finally, at 2pm, we will have: Saudi Arabia x Jordan, Yemen x Nepal and Iraq x Vietnam.
Today's games - part 2
At 9am today we will have: North Korea x Myanmar and Malaysia x Chinese Taipei. At 11am: Turkmenistan x Hong Kong and Tajikistan x Pakistan. 45 minutes later Qatar x India and Kuwait x Afghanistan begin.
Today's games - part 1
All Asian World Cup Qualifiers games take place today, throughout the day. In addition to this game, at 7am, we will have South Korea x China. At 8:10 am Australia faces Palestine and at 8:30 am Thailand hosts Singapore and Indonesia faces the Philippines.
Retrospect - part 3
Finally, in these eight games, Japan scored 24 goals, with an average of three goals, while Syria only scored four goals, with an average of half a goal per game.
Retrospect - part 2
At home, Japan hosted Syria on four occasions, with three wins and one draw. In the Qualifiers there was just one game, with the Japanese winning 5-0.
Retrospect - part 1
There are eight games in history between the two teams, with seven wins for Japan and one draw. There were still three games in the World Cup qualifiers, with three Japanese victories
Japan goes blue!
This is what Japan's locker room looks like!
Syria's bench
The Syria bank has: Madanieh, Hadaya, Kerdagli, Al Midani, Neyet, Al Khouli, Anex, Yakoub Youssef, Ramadan, Al-Hallaq and Al Dali.
Syria lined-up!
Syria is also selected and will take to the field with: Glellel, Weiss, Amor, Kouma and Ajan; Abraham, Elijah and Ham; Hesar, Al-Somah and Cerveira.
Japan's bench
The Bank of Japan has: Maekawa, Tani, ugawara, Taniguchi, Ito, Hatata, Morita, Kamada, Hashioka, Kawamura, Soma and Ogawa.
Japan lined-up!
Japan is ready and goes to the field with: Osako, Tomiyasu, Itakura and Machida; Minamino, Tanaka, Endo and Nakamura; Kubo, Doan and Lieda.
Welcome!
We now open the broadcast of another Qualifiers match here at VAVEL! Today the ball rolls for Japan x Syria!
