July 21, BST, Tokyo 2020
the Olympics
In the first round of the women's soccer group stage, hosts Japan missed a penalty kick in the opening moments of the match, but Mana Iwabuchi scored a brilliant goal in the 84th minute to draw the match 1-1 with Canada, giving each side a point in the group E match.
The Japanese women's soccer team played a 4-4-2 formation for the match, with the front line partners playing for
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The women's soccer team's Mana Iwabuchi and 30-year-old Yukika Sugasawa, while the average age of Japan's starting lineup was only 26.9 years old. The Japanese women's soccer team was slightly passive at the start of the first half. In the sixth minute, 38-year-old veteran Sinclair took a pass from the right and pushed a left-footed shot into an empty net from close range for Sinclair's 187th goal in 300 national team games, giving the Canadian women a 1-0 lead.
Behind in the scoreboard, Japan did not give up and insisted on ground fighting and coordination, gradually reversing the passive situation as the game progressed. However, there were not many threatening shots on goal. At the end of the first half, the Japanese women's soccer team went into the halftime break trailing the Canadian women's soccer team 0-1.
In the second half, the Japanese women's soccer team still dominated. In the 53rd minute, substitute Miminami Tanaka was kicked down by Rabe in the penalty area, and VAR confirmed that Japan was awarded a penalty kick, and Rabe was also warned with a yellow card. Miminami Tanaka took the shot herself, but failed to put the ball into the net, the ball was pounced on by Rabe and then cleared by the defender, Japan Women's Soccer missed a good opportunity to equalize. In the 58th minute, Becky's corner kick hit the crossbar. In the 60th minute, Noriko Ikeda's goal was broken again, but VAR ruled that Becky was offside and scored first.
Afterwards, the Japanese Women's soccer team was slightly passive due to the loss of physical fitness. In the 84th minute, Irisa Shimizu sent a ball from the right side of the midfield to Mana Iwabuchi, who quickly stepped in to form a quasi one-touch goal, and pressed Zadorsky behind, Mana Iwabuchi rolled a half-volley with her right foot from 21 meters out to tie the score at 1-1. Due to injuries in the second half, the match required eight minutes of extra time. In the end, the Japanese women's soccer team shook hands with the Canadian women's soccer team 1-1, with each team taking a point. (Oyu Cheuk)
Japan women's soccer team: 1-Ikeda Saki Noriko; 2-Shimizu Risa, 4-Kumagai Sashimi, 5-Meika Minami, 17-Kitamura Nanami; 7-Nakajima Izumi (76'6-Sugita Himiwa), 8-Miura Narumi, 13-Yuzu Ayumu Shioetsu (62'12-Endo Jun), 14-Hasegawa Yoshikawa (90 '15 - Yoshiki Yuka); 9 - Sugasawa Yuuka (46'11 - Tanaka Minami), 10 - Iwabuchi Mana
Canada Women's Soccer: 1-Rabe (58'18-Sheridan); 2-Chapman, 4-Zadorsky, 3-Bushanan, 10-Lawrence; 5-Quinn (72'6-Ross), 11-Scott; 16-Becky, 17-Fleming, 15-Prince (85'9 -Leone); 12-Sinclair (84'13-Viejas)
