Japan

FT

2 : 1

vs

HT 1 : 0

Saudi Arabia

Kick Off at 10:35 (GMT) on 15th November, 2016
This is a match in World Cup - World Cup Qualification AFC 3rd Round Gr. B, Match Day 5, Season 2015/2017

Japan
Goals
Kiyotake (45')
Haraguchi (79')
Cards
Sakai (88')

Saudi Arabia
Goals
Hawsawi (90')
Cards
Al-Khaibri (9')
Fallatah (10')
Hawsawi (48')
Hawsawi (90')
Al-Shamrani (90')

Full lineups: Japan vs Saudi Arabia

Japan

Starting XI

12. Shusaku Nishikawa
5. Yuto Nagatomo
6. Masato Morishige
8. Genki Haraguchi
13. Hiroshi Kiyotake
14. Yuya Kubo
15. Yuya Osako
16. Hotaru Yamaguchi
17. Makoto Hasebe
19. Hiroki Sakai
22. Maya Yoshida

Substitutes

1. Eiji Kawashima
23. Masaaki Higashiguchi
2. Yuichi Maruyama
3. Yuki Kobayashi
4. Keisuke Honda
7. Ryota Nagaki
9. Shinji Okazaki
10. Shinji Kagawa
11. Manabu Saito
18. Takuma Asano
20. Tomoaki Makino
21. Gotoku Sakai

Coach

Vahid Halilhodzic

Saudi Arabia

Starting XI

22. Mohammed Al Owais
3. Osama Hawsawi
7. Salman Al-Faraj
8. Yahya Al Shehri
10. Mohammed Al-Sahlawi
11. Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri
13. Yasir Al Shahrani
17. Taisir Al-Jassim
18. Nawaf Al-Abid
5. Omar Hawsawi
12. Hassan Muath Fallatah

Substitutes

1. Waleed Abdullah
21. Assaf Al Qarni
2. Mansour Althaqfi Al Harbi
4. Mohammed Jahfali
6. Mohammed Al Burayk
9. Naif Hazazi
14. Salman Al Moasher
15. Nasser Al-Shamrani
16. Hussain Al Mogahwi
19. Fahad Al-Muwallad
20. Abdulmajeed Al Ruwaili
23. Motaz Hawsawi

Coach

Bert van Marwijk

62 Votes

Japan vs Saudi Arabia
Team Performance

14 Comments

_Pelle_ 10 years ago

Paris Saint-Germain 161 6982

This was a "6 point game"... So a win for Japan was absolutely necessary to not have an almost too big gap to KSA, and they did what they had to do. This group is like a group of death now with 4 teams withing one point! Saudi Arabia have done better than expected and this won't be a walk in the park for neither Australia nor Japan. Even UAE have done good. Very intresting group to watch actually.

firasb 10 years ago

Chelsea 0 233

indeed bro..u r right..i didn't expect saudi will give them hard time..

takeiteasy829 10 years ago

0 137

Indeed it is an interesting group. I think if all teams keep this pace, I am guessing KSA and Japan will qualify for 1st and 2nd and UAE for third!

takeiteasy829 10 years ago

0 137

@Firasb,
Saudi needed to fight and they are a good team. They were on top of the table before that game. Hopefully Saudi qualifies to the WC this time.

Lambo91 10 years ago

Juventus, Italy 0 5196

Saudi Arabia has so many talents but when they play as a team there's no chemistry

firasb 10 years ago

Chelsea 0 233

Thats soon true..

Cafeopra 10 years ago

Arsenal, Sweden 0 1

Who the hell thinks Japan won by luck? Obviously Japan was far much better than Saudi Arabia. I really can't believe those comments who say this much was unfair..

takeiteasy829 10 years ago Edited

0 137

So unfair. Saudi played well and we deserved a point at least but the referee decided to kill the game. He gave a free penalty. Refs are always scared of big teams in Asia.
I had so much respect for Japanese football but after I saw today, I lost it. Wasting time and diving a lot.
Proud of Saudi! They played well against a team made of 15 professional players who play in Europe.
Can't wait for the return game.

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2016-11-15 12:38:34

So unfair. Saudi played well and we deserved a point at least but the referee decided to kill the game. He gave a free penalty. Refs always scared of big teams in Asia.
I had so much respect for Japanese football but after I saw today, I lost it. Wasting time and diving a lot.
Proud of Saudi! They played well against a team made of 15 professional players who play in Europe.
Can't wait for the return game.

AbdulRahimBS 10 years ago

Chelsea FC, Germany 0 101

Well done Japan. You deserved this victory. A team made up of real professional players like Honda of Ac Milan , Kagawa of Dortmund, Okazaki of Leicester. That is what the whole world wants to see in Russia in 2018. Unfair ? What about the game against Thailand ? Was it a soft penalty they got ???

Memo_IraQy 10 years ago

Barcelona, Iraq 0 28

reminds me of Iraq vs. KSA game ;)
2 free pk(s) ;) :D
Karma is a bit**

binjai 10 years ago

0 1223

i just want to say TAKEITEASY dude

Roni77 10 years ago

1 372

@AbdulRahimBS. Big difference between soft (which I think it was not) and unfair. Use your brain.

takeiteasy829 10 years ago

0 137

@AbdulrahimBS & Memo_Iraqy,

You cant tackle a player in the box. I know you are burning but even an Iraqi retired referee said both penalties were correct. Plus there was a red card not shown for the RB or the RW. Against Thailand, there were 3 penalties and only one given! You still talk about fairness?
If you wanna see a WC with professional players then good luck because not all players play abroad and I can give many examples starting with your "country".

takeiteasy829 9 years ago

0 137

I came back just to show you that our promise is achieved! We beat them at home game.... It was that easy.

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