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Iraq vs Japan Highlights, AFC Asian Cup 2023: IRQ 2-1 JPN at Full Time!
- 5' Iraq 1-0 Japan (Aymen Hussein scores)
- 45+4' Iraq 2-0 Japan (Aymen Hussein scores, Ahmed Yahya assists)
- HT Iraq 2-0 Japan
- 90+3' Iraq 2-1 Japan (Wataru Endo scores)
- FT Iraq 2-1 Japan
- Scroll below for Match Highlights
Full Time!
Full Time! Iraq held on to their nerves to beat title favourites Japan 2-1 and are through to the knockout stages! Aymen Hussein's brace does the job before Wataru Endo pull one back for the four-time champions in the injury time!
Doan shoots wide!
90+6' Riatsu Doan fires wide from a loose ball after the ball scrambled in the box with Iraq struggling to clear the ball! What a suspense in the closing minute IRQ 2-1 JPN
Corner!
90+5' Corner for Japan as Riatsu Doan's shot from outisde the box is deflected out for a corner!
GOOOOOALLLL!
90+3' GOOOOOALLLL! Endo provides a late lifeline to Japan! A lapse in concentration by Iraq and Japan scores from quick counter through their captain, who heads it in at the far post!
Freekick
90+2' Another indirect freekick opportunity for Japan and this is much closer to the goal than before!
8 minutes added
90+1' Japan have been allotted eight minutes of additional time to find a result out of this match.
Corner
88' 10th corner of the match for Japan and they continue to struggle to make something out of it!
Goalkick!
86' Japanese couldn't capitalise on the freekick before Iraq take the ball back. They go for a direct attack with a long ball from the back to Mohanad Ali at the front. The youngster goes wide during ball control and blasts the ball wide over the crossbar!
Freekick
85' A long freekick for Japan after a foul on Minamino and Nippon are piling up numbers in the box! Japan in desperate search for a spark!
Daizen heads wide!
82' A chance goes begging for Japan! Minamino runs at far right to deliver a pin point cross on the far post for Daizen, who jumps to meet the header but can't direct it on target! IRQ 2-0 JPN
Iraq counter!
80' Zaid Tahseen is lobbed with a through ball and the left winger creates space for himself to run deep and looks to feed Mohanad in the middle of the box but Itakura makes a crucial clearance!
IRQ vs JPN Live
78' Iraq continue to frustrate Japan in the attacking third while Japanese fans have a worried look on their faces
Iraq vs Japan Live
76' Iraq defense look impregnable as another of Japan buildup yields no creative scope! Meanwhile Iraq is preparing for another change, confirmation to follow!
Substitutions
74' Japan coach Moriyasu makes two further changes!
AFC Asian Cup Live
72' Junya Ito with an incisive run from the left and tries to setup Minamino at the near post but Iraq box is too crowded to allow any space to shoot! IRQ 2-0 JPN
Corner!
70' Another corner for Japan as Minamino's cross from inside the box, after being played free by Sugawara, is headed clear by an Iraqi defender!
The resulting corner was cleared to safety by Iraq!
Iraq vs Japan Live
67' Mohanad goes wide after getting hold on to a loose ball inside the box while Japanese defense was exposed! IRQ 2-0 JPN
Ritsu Doan goes wide!
66' Ritsu Doan takes the freekick but can't find the far post. He wasn't much far either but Japan need that goal!
Freekick!
65' Japan win freekick right outside the box and Ritsu Doan is likely to take it as the position favours a left-footed player to shoot!
AFC Asian Cup Live
64' Japan with 70% of possession but have no goals to show for it. They have the ball now as well but Iraqi defense look watertight!
Confirmation on Japan change while Iraq are making another!
IRQ vs JPN Live
62' Japan have increased their intensity in the final third but are unable to find their way through despite some brilliant footwork by Minamino! Meanwhile confirmation on Japan changes
AFC Asian Cup Live
60' Sugawara jumps the tallest to head the corner delivery but straight to the Iraq keeper! Meanwhile, time for substitutions as both sides are making changes. Japan are making two of them, confirmation to follow
Corner
59' Corner for Japan as Junya Ito's cross from the left following a direct run is intercepted out of play by Rebin!
No penalty!
58' The decision is overturned! No penalty kick for Japan as video referral suggests Rebin Selaka made a fair tackle on Asano! IRQ 2-0 JPN
VAR check!
57' The referee has been asked by the VAR to take a second look at his decision. The penalty maybe waived off!
Penalty!
56' Penalty for Japan! Asano fouled inside the box by an Iraqi defender following a square into the box by Junya Ito from left wing!
Iraq counter!
54' Iraq with a dangerous counter attack as Youssef Amyn is played through to the box! However, Sugawara takes him off the ball with Suzuki also coming out of the box. Mohanad Ali tries to nudge the loose ball into the goal but angle was too tight for him!
Corner
53' Kubo wins a freekick after his low cross was deflected out of play. He delivers the corner as well to the near post but Iraq deal with the threat!
Hiroki Ito shoots wide!
51' Another of those unsatisfactory attacks by Japan as Hiroki Ito goes wide from a tight angle following a buildup that didn't allow Japanese much space to work on! IRQ 2-0 JPN
IRQ vs JPN Live
48' Japan are seeing all the possession early in the half but are unable to penetrate the attacking third yet due to some shoddy passing! Meanwhile confirmation on the changes at the break
Japan and Iraq will face off in the biggest match of Group D of the AFC Asian Group on Friday (January 19) as the winner will seal their place early in the last 16 of the tournament.
Japan come into the game surviving a scare against Vietnam as they recovered from 1-2 down to a 4-2 win while Iraq saw off a spirited Indonesia with a 3-1 win after the South Asian side made things difficult for them.
This team responded effectively to an equalizer from Indonesia by scoring a late goal in first-half stoppage time to flip the tide in their favour. It was also their first victory of the year. Iraq has scored three goals or more in three of their previous four Asian Cup group matches, suggesting that they are playing at their most aggressive level in this tournament's group stage.
Since the beginning of September, Jesus Casas has only witnessed his team's one loss in regular time 1-0 loss in a friendly match against South Korea earlier this year. Iraq has only failed to go past the Asian Cup knockout round once in their history, as they placed last in their group in 1972.
If they win on Friday, they have a decent chance of qualifying for this tournament's knockout stage for the eighth time in a row. This would also give them the advantage of finishing first in their group, something this country hasn't done since the 2007 Asian Cup.
Japan's first-half performance was underwhelming for forty-five minutes, but a late burst of goals at the end of the half gave them confidence going into halftime. Four years prior, the Japanese found themselves in a similar situation as they trailed their first Asian Cup group match in 2019 before defeating Turkmenistan (3-2) with three consecutive goals in the second half.
They have been brilliant offensively throughout, scoring four goals or more ten times, with a total of twenty goals in their previous four games. The last Asian Cup group stage defeat for the Samurai Blue dates back to 2011, when they played to a 1-1 tie with Jordan. Since then, they have won 12 of their previous 13 Asian Cup group-stage encounters.
Even further back in antiquity, Japan's only two Asian Cup victories over Iraq were by a combined score of 5-1; their most recent loss was at the 1982 Asian Games, where they were defeated 1-0.
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