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Wataru Endo, Takefusa Kubo react to Japan's World Cup 2026 qualification

High-stakes, noise, and no Irvine: The path ahead for the Socceroos

Yukinari Sugawara hopes high of World Cup qualification can help Southampton beat the drop

Asian qualifying: Can Japan win the World Cup? Irvine the new Cahill?

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Game Information

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

WCQ - AFC News

No.Name
1Zion Suzuki
4Kou Itakura
21Hiroki Ito
22Ayumu Seko
5Hidemasa Morita 17Ao Tanaka
6Wataru Endo
7Kaoru Mitoma 13Keito Nakamura
10Ritsu Doan 14Junya Ito
9Ayase Ueda 18Shuto Machino
8Takumi Minamino 15Daichi Kamada
20Takefusa Kubo

Substitutes
23Kosei Tani
12Keisuke Osako
16Yuta Nakayama
3Kota Takai
11Daizen Maeda
2Yukinari Sugawara
19Reo Hatate

No.Name
22Ebrahim Lutfalla
3Waleed Al-Hayam
2Amine Benaddi
23Abdulla Al Khalasi
5Hamed Al-Shamsan 6Vincent Ani Emmanuel
8Mohamed Marhoon
10Komail Al-Aswad
4Sayed Dhiya Saeed
12Mahdi Abduljabbar 13Mohamed Al-Romaihi
20Mahdi Al-Humaidan
7Ali Jaafar Madan 19Husain Abdulkarim

Substitutes
1Abdulkarim Fardan
16Sayed Mahdi Baqer
11Ismail Abdullatif
21Sayed Mohamed Jaafar
9Ibrahim Al Khatal
14Ali Abdula Haram
15Jasim Al-Shaikh
18Hazaa Ali
17Sayed Al Wadaei

0:42

Saitama Stadium 2002

6:35 AM, March 20, 2025

Saitama, Japan

Line: JPN -2.5

Over/Under: 3.5

Attendance: 58,137

Referees:
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim

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