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Belgium Monday, 2. July 2018
19:00 Clock 		Japan
3:2
goals
0 : 1 Genki Haraguchi 48. / right-footed shot  (Gaku Shibasaki)
0 : 2 Takashi Inui 52. / right-footed shot  (Shinji Kagawa)
1 : 2 Jan Vertonghen 69. / header
2 : 2 Marouane Fellaini 74. / header  (Eden Hazard)
3 : 2 Nacer Chadli 90. / left-footed shot  (Thomas Meunier)

1 Thibaut Courtois
2 Toby Alderweireld
4 Vincent Kompany
5 Jan Vertonghen
6 Axel Witsel
7 Kevin De Bruyne
11 Yannick Carrasco 65'
15 Thomas Meunier
9 Romelu Lukaku
10 Eden Hazard
14 Dries Mertens 65'
Substitutes
8 Marouane Fellaini 65'
22 Nacer Chadli 65'
12 Simon Mignolet
13 Koen Casteels
3 Thomas Vermaelen
20 Dedryck Boyata
23 Leander Dendoncker
16 Thorgan Hazard
17 Youri Tielemans
19 Mousa Dembélé
18 Adnan Januzaj
21 Michy Batshuayi
1 Eiji Kawashima
3 Gen Shōji
5 Yuto Nagatomo
19 Hiroki Sakai
22 Maya Yoshida
7 Gaku Shibasaki yellow 40' 81'
8 Genki Haraguchi 81'
10 Shinji Kagawa
14 Takashi Inui
17 Makoto Hasebe
15 Yuya Ōsako
Substitutes
4 Keisuke Honda 81'
16 Hotaru Yamaguchi 81'
12 Masaaki Higashiguchi
23 Kosuke Nakamura
2 Naomichi Ueda
20 Tomoaki Makino
21 Gōtoku Sakai
6 Wataru Endo
11 Takashi Usami
18 Ryota Oshima
9 Shinji Okazaki
13 Yoshinori Mutō

Manager: Roberto Martínez

Ass. Manager: Thierry Henry

Ass. Manager: Graeme Jones

Manager: Akira Nishino


Rostov Arena (Rostov-na-Donu / Russia)
41.466
Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
El Hadji Samba (Senegal)

Reports

Japan's football chief took aim at critics of the Blue Samurai on Thursday after the team's World Cup return and confirmed he was on the lookout for a new coach....
Japan captain Makoto Hasebe has announced his retirement from the national team, on the heels of the squad's heartbreaking ejection from the World Cup in a match against Belgium....
From Tokyo bars to a Buddhist temple, for millions of Japanese football fans the emotions were the same -- pinch-me optimism to crushing disappointment, all in the space of 25 agonising minutes....
Keisuke Honda said his country had a blueprint for the future despite being knocked out of the World Cup in painful fashion by Belgium on Monday....
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez said he was deeply proud after his team hit back from 2-0 down to beat Japan and claim a place in the World Cup quarter-finals....
Nacer Chadli scored a stunning injury-time winnner as Belgium fought back from 2-0 down to defeat Japan 3-2 and advance to a World Cup quarter-final showdown with Brazil here Monday....
Neymar's Brazil will seek to keep their bid for a record sixth World Cup on track against Mexico on Monday after Russia celebrated their shock last-16 victory against Spain late into the night....
Japan have the spirit and mentality to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in their history, coach Akira Nishino said on Sunday ahead of his side's last-16 clash against Belgium....
Eden Hazard says Belgium have a new level of maturity as they prepare to take on Japan, eyeing a World Cup quarter-final spot against Brazil or Mexico....
Dries Mertens has warned Belgium against the perils of complacency as they prepare to face Japan here Monday with one eye on a possible quarter-final showdown with Brazil....