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China

Son Heung-Min lauds Palestine spirit as example to follow

Why Asian champions Qatar are struggling in the World Cup qualifiers is anyone's guess

World Cup qualifiers Asia: Will Australia miss 2026? Who is Son's heir?

Game Information

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

WCQ - AFC News

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Wataru Endo - 12'
Kaoru Mitoma - 45'+2'
Takumi Minamino - 52', 58'
Junya Ito - 77'
Daizen Maeda - 87'
Takefusa Kubo - 90'+5'

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

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

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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