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    2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round
    Japan
    Japan

    Japan

    1-0-0, 3 PTS
    7Winner Icon Japan
    China
    China

    China

    0-0-1, 0 PTS
    0
    • Wataru Endo - 12'
    • Kaoru Mitoma - 45'+2'
    • Takumi Minamino - 52', 58'
    • Junya Ito - 77'
    • Daizen Maeda - 87'
    • Takefusa Kubo - 90'+5'
    • Summary
    • Commentary
    • Statistics
    • Line-Ups
    Japan3-4-2-1
    • 1
      Suzuki
    • 16
      Machida
    • 3
      Taniguchi
    • 4
      Itakura
    • 7
      Mitoma
    • 6
      Endo
    • 5
      Morita
    • 10
      Doan
    • 8
      Minamino
    • 20
      Kubo
    • 9
      Ueda
    No.Name
    1Zion Suzuki
    3Shogo Taniguchi
    16Koki Machida
    4Kou Itakura
    21Kota Takai
    6Wataru Endo
    17Ao Tanaka
    5Hidemasa Morita
    7Kaoru Mitoma
    14Junya Ito
    10Ritsu Doan
    11Daizen Maeda
    9Ayase Ueda
    19Koki Ogawa
    8Takumi Minamino
    20Takefusa Kubo
    Substitutes
    15Daichi Kamada
    13Keito Nakamura
    12Keisuke Osako
    22Yuta Nakayama
    18Takuma Asano
    23Kosei Tani
    2Yukinari Sugawara
    China4-4-2
    • 14
      Dalei
    • 19
      Yang
    • 5
      Chenjie
    • 2
      Guangtai
    • 15
      Zexiang
    • 10
      Haoyang
    • 16
      Shenglong
    • 21
      Yuanyi
    • 20
      Xie
    • 9
      Yuning
    • 7
      Lei
    No.Name
    14Wang Dalei
    5Zhu Chenjie
    2Jiang Guangtai
    19Liu Yang
    15Yang Zexiang
    16Jiang Shenglong
    21Li Yuanyi
    6Wang Shangyuan
    10Xu Haoyang
    23Behram Abduweli
    20Xie Wenneng
    3Gao Zhunyi
    9Zhang Yuning
    17Fernandinho
    7Wu Lei
    22Alan
    Substitutes
    11Lin Liangming
    13Wang Haijian
    8Wei Zhen
    12Liu Dianzuo
    1Yan Junling
    4Li Lei
    18Han Pengfei

    Game Information

    Saitama Stadium 2002
    6:35 AM, September 5, 2024
    Saitama, Japan
    Line: JPN -2.5
    Over/Under: 3.5
    Attendance: 52,398
    • Referees:
    • Abdulrahman Al-Jassim

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