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Japan Football Association Match Report ASIAN QUALIFIERS - Road to Russia Date and Time September 1,2016 19:35Duration 90min Stadium Saitama Stadium 2002，SAITAMA Weather Clear Temp 27.5℃ Humidity 60% WindLight Pitch Condition Attendances Match Commissioner LE Hoai Anh /VIE Asst.Ref.1 Taleb AL MARRI /QAT 4th Off. Khamis AL KUWARI /QAT Lawn Excellent Lawn 58,895 Referee Abdulrahman AL JASSIM /QAT Asst.Ref.2 Saoud Ahmed ALMAQALEH /QAT Scorer KAGINO Hiroki Damp Dry 1 1st Half 1 Japan National Team 0 2nd Half 1 United Arab Emirates National Team 1 2 KICK OFF Ball Possession Ball Possession 62.8% 37.2％ Substitute Shots Shots Substitute Goal Name No.Pos. Pos. No. Name Goal No.OUT Time 2nd 1st Ttl Ttl 1st 2ndOUT Time No. 0 NISHIKAWA Shusaku 12 GK GK 12 KHALID EISA 0 0 MORISHIGE Masato 6 DF DF 6 MOHNAD SALEM 0 1 1 SAKAI Hiroki 19 DF DF 14 ABDELAZIZ SANQOUR 0 HT 0 SAKAI Gotoku 21 DF DF 19 ISMAIL AHMED 0 1 1 YOSHIDA Maya 22 DF DF 23 MOHAMED AHMAD GHARIB 0 3 3 6 1 HONDA Keisuke 4 MF MF 5 AMER ABDULRAHMAN 0 75' 1 1 OHSHIMA Ryota 7 MF MF 10 OMAR ABDULRAHMAN 2 1 1 1 2 3 KAGAWA Shinji 10 MF MF 13 KHAMIS ESMAEEL 1 1 62' 0 KIYOTAKE Hiroshi 13 MF MF 15 ISMAIL AL HAMMADI 0 79' 1 1 2 HASEBE Makoto (Cap.) 17 MF FW 7 ALI AHMED MABKHOUT 2 1 1 66' 1 1 2 OKAZAKI Shinji 9 FW FW 11 AHMED KHALIL (Cap.) 2 4 2 2 73' HAYASHI Akihiro 1 GK GK 1 ALI KHASEIF HIGASHIGUCHI Masaaki 23 GK GK 22 AHMED ASHOORI UEDA Naomichi2 DF DF 3 WALID ABBAS 0 14 OTA Kosuke3 DF DF 8 HAMDAN AL KAMALI MARUYAMA Yuichi 5 DF DF 9 ABDULAZIZ HUSSAIN HAIKAL ENDO Wataru15 MF DF 18 MOHAMED FAWZI 0 11 YAMAGUCHI Hotaru16 MF MF 4 HABIB AL FARDAN 0 15 7 2 2 HARAGUCHI Genki8 FW MF 16 MOHAMED ALRAQI 13 2 2 USAMI Takashi 11 FW MF 17 KHALID JALAL KOBAYASHI Yu 14 FW MF 20 SULTAN SAEED 9 2 2 ASANO Takuma 18 FW MF 21 KHALID ABDULRAHEEM MUTO Yoshinori 20 FW FW 2 SALEM SALEH AL REJAIBI Caution and Sent-off Head Coach Head Coach Caution and Sent-off 16' C 19 SAKAI H. Unsport. Vahid HALILHODZIC /FRA Mahdi Ali Hassan 10' C 6 MOHNAD SALEM Unsport. 19' C 22 YOSHIDA M. Unsport. 80'C 3 WALID ABBAS Unsport. 2nd 1st Team Total 1st 2nd 14 8 22Shots 9 5 4 4 2 6GK 13 6 7 10 1 11CK 2 1 1 4 6 10Dir.FK 12 8 4 1 1 2Ind.FK 3 3 0 1 1 2(Off-side) 3 3 0 0 0 0PK 1 0 1 Time Team No. Scorer assist Scoring Play：～:Dribble，→:Ground Rolling Pass，↑:Floating Pass，×:Mix up，Ｓ:Shot，Ｈ:Heading，R.F.:Right Foot 11' Japan 4 HONDA K. 13 Right-1 DirectFK 13↑ Centre-1 4 S(H) 20' UAE 11 AHMED KHALIL Centre-1 DirectFK 11 S(R.F.) 54' UAE 11 AHMED KHALIL Centre-1 Penalty K. 11 S(R.F.) [Duration of Match] 1st 47:03(2:03), 2nd 49:02(4:02), Game time required 1:53:05 [Notes].

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