Japan 5-0 Bahrain (Sep 10, 2024) Lineups

Japan

AFC Asian Cup-winning exploits once again sees Akram Afif crowned Player of the Year

Foreign-born heritage imports vs. homegrown Indonesian talent: Shin Tae-Yong's balancing act

Popovic lays foundations for rest of Socceroos' WCQ campaign

Bahrain

Japan

AFC Asian Cup-winning exploits once again sees Akram Afif crowned Player of the Year

Foreign-born heritage imports vs. homegrown Indonesian talent: Shin Tae-Yong's balancing act

Popovic lays foundations for rest of Socceroos' WCQ campaign

Game Information

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

WCQ - AFC News

2-0-0, 6 PTS

Ayase Ueda - 37' Pen, 47'
Hidemasa Morita - 61', 64'
Koki Ogawa - 81'

22
Lutfalla
23
Al-Khalasi
2
Benaddi
16
Baqer
17
Emmanuel
8
Marhoon
4
Al-Asfoor
14
Haram
7
Madan
19
Al-Aswad
12
Abduljabbar

No.Name
22Ebrahim Lutfalla
2Amine Benaddi
16Sayed Mahdi Baqer
23Abdulla Al Khalasi
17Vincent Ani Emmanuel
4Abbas Al-Asfoor
14Ali Abdula Haram 15Jasim Al-Shaikh
8Mohamed Marhoon 10Abdulwahab Al-Malood
7Ali Jaafar Madan 11Ibrahim Al Khatal
19Komail Al-Aswad 20Mahdi Al-Humaidan
12Mahdi Abduljabbar 9Husain Abdulkarim

Substitutes
1Ammar Mohamed
21Sayed Mohamed Jaafar
3Waleed Al-Hayam
5Hamed Al-Shamsan
6Ahmed Nabeel
18Hazaa Ali
13Moses Atede Jona

1
Suzuki
16
Machida
3
Taniguchi
4
Itakura
7
Mitoma
5
Morita
6
Endo
10
Doan
15
Kamada
9
Ueda
8
Minamino

No.Name
1Zion Suzuki
3Shogo Taniguchi
16Koki Machida
4Kou Itakura
5Hidemasa Morita 18Takuma Asano
6Wataru Endo
7Kaoru Mitoma 13Keito Nakamura
10Ritsu Doan 14Junya Ito
9Ayase Ueda 19Koki Ogawa
15Daichi Kamada
8Takumi Minamino 20Takefusa Kubo

Substitutes
12Keisuke Osako
22Yuta Nakayama
23Kosei Tani
21Kota Takai
2Yukinari Sugawara
17Ao Tanaka
11Daizen Maeda

Bahrain National Stadium

12:00 PM, September 10, 2024

Riffa, Bahrain

Line: JPN -1.5

Over/Under: 2.5

Attendance: 22,729

Referees:
Rustam Lutfullin

In the same year he lifted the AFC Asian Cup, Akram Afif has once again been recognised as the continent's Player of the Year.

With Indonesia's influx of foreign-born imports, Shin Tae-Yong now faces a tricky balancing act.

Three at the back, two wing-backs bombing forward and the ability to change things at the break. Australia now knows what to expect from Tony Popovic's Socceroos.

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