On the night of March 30th, Japan and Mongolia were locked in a fierce battle in Group F of the Qatar World Cup Asian Round of 40 at the Chiba Tomita eSports Stadium. Takumi Minamino broke the deadlock for Japan with a precise left-footed shot just 12 minutes into the match. The Japanese team took a 5-0 lead at halftime with goals from Isao Osako, Daichi Kamada, and Hidemasa Morita. In the second half, Takuma Asano added two more goals each, including two from Sho Inagaki, Isao Osako, Junya Ito and Henwu Furuhashi, with Isao Osako completing his hat-trick. In the end, Japan swept Mongolia by a huge margin of 14-0, equaling the highest scoreline in the Asian region of the World Qualifying Tournament of 14-0 set by Iran, and just one goal short of equaling the largest scoreline in Japan's history of 15-0 (against the Philippines in 1967).
Prior to the match, Japan had won four consecutive matches in the group stage, scoring 13 goals and conceding none to top the group. In the first match against Mongolia, Japan also won 6-0. In the 12th minute, Japan's Azumi Ogawa crossed the ball from the left side of the field, Mongolia's defense made a mistake, and Ken Matsubara sent a precise low ball from the right side of the field, which Takumi Minamino easily put into the net to make it 1-0, Japan's lead. In the 22nd minute, Maya Yoshida sent a precise pass, Takumi Minamino skillfully missed the ball, and Isao Osako received the ball and turned to shoot the goal to add another goal.
In the 25th minute, Junya Ito crossed the ball from the right side of the field and Kamada Daichi shot the ball in front of the goal to make the score 3-0. In the 32nd minute, Junya Ito broke through from the right side of the field to the edge of the penalty area and crossed the ball to Mamorita Hidemasa, who sent the ball easily in front of the goal to make the score 4-0. In the 38th minute, Ken Matsubara's cross from the right side of the field rebounded on the head of the Mongolian player (No.5) and went into the net, making the score 5-0.
After halftime, Japan replaced Hidemasa Morita with No.18 Takuma Asano. In the 55th minute, Japan kicked off a corner kick from the right side of the field, Kamada Daichi flicked the ball, and Osako Yutaka turned and shot the ball inside the penalty area, making it 6-0. In the 63rd minute, Japan replaced Kamada Daichi with No.8 Inagaki Sho, and No.20 Nakatani Shinnosuke with No.22 Yoshida Maaya.
In the 65th minute, Ken Matsubara crossed the ball from the right side of the field, Yuya Osako received the ball inside the box but was blocked by many Mongolian players, he passed the ball out and the newcomer, Sho Inagaki pushed the ball into the goal to make the game 7-0. In the 70th minute, Japan replaced Takumi Minamino with No.11 Henwu Furuhashi, and No.4 Makintoshi Tanaka with Kenzo Tomiyasu.
In the 72nd minute, Henwu Furuhashi took a shot from the right side of the field, the ball was hit by the Mongolian goalkeeper and bounced to the crossbar, Junya Ito scored with a shot from the far side of the field to make it 8-0. In the 78th minute, Junya Ito sent a pass from the right side of the field, the Mongolian goalkeeper counterattacked with a shot, but the ball went straight up and down, and he himself fell to the ground, Henwu Furuhashi took a header on an empty net, and the ball bounced on the crossbar and went in the goal to make it 9-0.
In the 80th minute, Jinya Ito broke the ball on the right side of the field and pushed the ball into the far corner of the box, 10-0. In the 86th minute, Takuma Asano sent the ball into the middle of the field, and Hen Furuhashi pushed the ball into the box, 11-0. In the 90th minute, Ken Matsubara sent the ball into the box, and Takuma Asano easily went past the keeper, and pushed the ball into an empty net, 12-0. In the 91st minute, Takuma Asano sent the ball into the middle of the field, and Yutaka Osako took the ball and shot it into the goal, 13-0. At the end of the match, Inagaki scored with a shot from the middle of the box to make the final score 14-0.
