On a passionate night at the Tokyo National Stadium, the 2022 Kirin Cup kicked off at 18:00 on June 2, with Japan hosting Paraguay in an exciting showdown. In the end, Japan won 4-1. Takuma Asano scored in the 36th minute and Kamada Daichi scored in the 42nd minute, Gonzalez equalized for Paraguay in the 59th minute, but Mitabi Oma and substitute Bika Tanaka scored in the 61st and 85th minutes respectively to consolidate the victory. ! [Kirin Cup Highlights](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/20220610/2022566627906101517493434.jpg) Japan managed to advance to the World Cup Finals for the seventh consecutive time after finishing second in Group B of the Asian 12 in the World Qualifying Tournament. In the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, Japan is in Group E with Spain, Germany and Costa Rica/New Zealand. Paraguay, on the other hand, was ranked only eighth in the South American zone of the World Qualifiers and unfortunately missed out on the Qatar World Cup. [Highlights In the 5th minute, Yasutoshi Doğrul's sweeping shot from the left side of the box was parried off the line by Rojas. In the 6th minute, Endo's shot from inside the penalty area went wide. In the 11th minute, Mitaka Omura passed Benitez and passed back from the left side of the box, and Kamata hit the left post with a shot from the front of the box. ! [Highlights Replay](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/20220610/2022061749801031010153434.gif) [Moment of Excitement continued] () In the 27th minute, Sanfelt Mansoru cut inside the left side of the box and fired a shot that bounced off the ground and caused Rojas to come up with an off-balance shot. In the 29th minute, Leaf Ross took a sudden shot from outside the area, which was darted away by Schmidt. In the 30th minute, Oscar Romero's free kick was on target and Schmidt again cleared the danger. ! [Highlights continued](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/20220610/2022061752274993610153434.gif) [Highlight Moment Climax In the 36th minute, Genki Haraguchi snatched the ball from the center circle and sent it straight to Takuma Asano, who easily rubbed the ball against the attacking Haros, giving Japan a 1-0 lead! In the 42nd minute, Don Yasutoshi's high quality cross from the right side of the road, Kamada Daichi in front of the penalty area, head to break the goal, Japan 2-0 lead! ! [Highlights Climax](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/20220610/2022061752666985910153434.gif) [Moment of Excitement Peak] In the 59th minute, Oscar Romero grabbed a break on the right side of the road and dipped a shot, Gonzalez blasted a through ball from the right side of the arc, Paraguay equalized a point, 1-2! In the 61st minute, a dipping shot from Akigo Taniguchi was picked out on the left side of the penalty area by Mitabi MMA, Japan took a 3-1 lead! ! [Highlights peak](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/20220610/2022061754073237410153434.gif) [End of Highlight]() In the 85th minute, Kamata Daiichi crossed the ball from the left rib, and Tanaka Bea shot from 25 meters in front of the top of the arc to give Japan a 4-1 lead! In the end, Japan capped off the match with a big win. ! [End of Highlights](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/20220610/2022061756275296510153434.gif) [Both Teams' Lineups Japan (433): 23-Schmidt; 26-Yohki Ito, 22-Maya Yoshida (46'20-Yuta Nakayama), 3-Ashigo Taniguchi, 2-Minoru Yamane; 15-Henryu Mitaniwa (82'19-Hengyu Furuhashi), 6-Kohru Endo (46'4-Hwang Itakura), 8-Motoaki Haraguchi (62'17-Bi Tanaka); 9-Dai Kamada, 18-Asano. -Genki Haraguchi (62'17 - Bea Tanaka); 9 - Daichi Kamada, 18 - Takuma Asano (46'24 - Dairan Maeda), 21 - Yasutoshi Don (71'11 - Kengyo Kubo). Paraguay (4231): 22-Rojas; 15-Liv Ross, 3-Aldrete, 5-Salat, 2-Benitez; 18-Cubas, 20-Sanchez (65'16-Lucena); 10-Almirón, 21-Oscar Romero (65'19-Medina), 7- Gonzalez; 9-Avaros (65'11-Angel Romero). Substitutes who did not play: Japan (1- Shinji Kawashima, 5- Yuto Nagatomo, 12- Shuichi Gonda, 14- Junya Ito, 25- Eisei Ueda, 28- Keisuke Osako), Paraguay (1-Silva, 4-Azamendia, 8-Ortiz, 12-Espinola, 14-Martinez, 17-Morrell, 23-Coleman).
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