June 7, 2022 Qatar, Beijing Time Zone
World Cup
The second stage of the Asian qualifiers came to an end with a round of fierce battles in Group F of the 40-team tournament. Despite the fact that Japan has already locked up a spot in the Top 12 early and most of their star players are off, they still beat Tajikistan 4-1 in the match, remaining undefeated, scoring 41 goals and conceding only 1. Tajikistan, on the other hand, is second in the group with 10 points from seven matches, three wins, one draw and two losses. In the second place table of the eight groups, Tajikistan with five games, one win, one draw and three losses, scoring six goals and conceding 12 goals, ranked after the same four points, three games, one win, one draw and one loss of the Chinese team, continue to be at the bottom.
Group F: Japan 4-1 Tajikistan; Kyrgyzstan 0-1 Mongolia
In light of Japan's 10-0 thrashing of Myanmar in the previous round to secure a spot in the Round of 12, head coach Hiromichi Mori made bold changes to his lineup for this match, aiming to give more players real-world opportunities. Takuma Asano started at single-arrow, while less experienced players such as Susunosuke Nakatani, Jun Kawabe, Vision Yamane and Henwu Furuhashi also started.
Only 6 minutes into the game, Yamane vision of the right side of the precise direct, Takuma Asano in the ribs to grab a shot, although the opposing goalkeeper Yatimov parried, but Furuhashi Henwu then easily sent the ball into the empty goal, Japan 1-0 lead, Furuhashi Henwu become Japan's goal scoring hero, individual national team appearances reached 4 times, the number of goals has reached 3.
In the 9th minute, Japan missed a pass in the penalty area and Tajikistan counterattacked quickly with a cross from the right by Safarov and a header by Panshaembe to equalize the score at 1-1. This was the first time that Japan had conceded a goal in this year's World Qualifying Asia 40.
Towards the end of the first half, Vision Yamane delivered another key pass to Henwu Furuhashi, who crossed in front of the end line for Takumi Minamino to collect and score with his left foot to give Japan a 2-1 lead going into the break.
Both teams made personnel changes in the second half. In the 51st minute, Hashimoto and Yamane, a good match, Hashimoto 12 meters on the right side of the penalty area, right-footed shot, the ball into the lower left corner of the dead, Japan 3-1 lead, Furuhashi Henwu personal national team to get his first goal.
Japan then continued to attack Tajikistan, creating a number of threatening shots on goal. In the 71st minute, Tajikistan's goalkeeper Yatimov made a cheap mistake and passed the ball to Kawabe Jun, who scored an empty net goal with his right foot from the right side of the box, giving Japan a 4-1 lead and Kawabe Jun's maiden goal for the national team.
In the end, Japan won all three points with a 4-1 victory over Tajikistan. Mongolia, coached by Japanese head coach Shuichi Mase, ended the second phase of the World Qualification Tournament with a narrow 1-0 win over Kyrgyzstan, finishing at the bottom of the group with two wins, six losses, three goals scored and 27 goals conceded, and six points. (Written by Aoyo Zhuo)
Japan starting line-up (4-2-3-1): 12-Shuichi Gonda; 4-Shoko Gen, 20-Sinnosuke Nakatani, 19-Sho Sasaki (62'16-Azumi Ogawa), 22-Visurai Yamane; 13-Kenjin Hashimoto (68'7-Eisumasa Mamorita), 21-Shun Kawanabe; 8-Motoaki Haraguchi (46'17-Tatsuhiro Sakamoto), 10-Takumi Minamino (46'9-Daiichi Kamada), 11-Hengyu Furuhashi; 18-Takuma Asano (74'6-Tatsuhiro Sakamoto) ' 17-Tatsuhiro Sakamoto), 10-Takumi Minamino (46'9-Daiichi Kamada), 11-Henwu Furuhashi; 18-Takuma Asano (74'6-Shogo Taniguchi)
