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Colombia Tuesday, 19. June 2018
13:00 Clock 		Japan
1:2
goals
0 : 1 Shinji Kagawa 6. / penalty
1 : 1 Juan Quintero 39. / free kick
1 : 2 Yuya Ōsako 73. / header  (Keisuke Honda)

1 David Ospina
3 Oscar Murillo
4 Santiago Arias
17 Johan Mojica
23 Davinson Sánchez
6 Carlos Sánchez red 3'
11 Juan Cuadrado 31'
16 Jefferson Lerma
20 Juan Quintero 59'
9 Radamel Falcao
21 José Izquierdo 70'
Substitutes
5 Wilmar Barrios yellow 64' 31'
10 James Rodríguez yellow 86' 59'
7 Carlos Bacca 70'
12 Camilo Vargas
22 José Cuadrado
2 Cristián Zapata
13 Yerry Mina
18 Farid Díaz
8 Abel Aguilar
15 Mateus Uribe
14 Luis Muriel
19 Miguel Borja
1 Eiji Kawashima yellow 90'
3 Gen Shōji
5 Yuto Nagatomo
19 Hiroki Sakai
22 Maya Yoshida
7 Gaku Shibasaki 80'
8 Genki Haraguchi
10 Shinji Kagawa 70'
14 Takashi Inui
17 Makoto Hasebe
15 Yuya Ōsako 85'
Substitutes
4 Keisuke Honda 70'
16 Hotaru Yamaguchi 80'
9 Shinji Okazaki 85'
12 Masaaki Higashiguchi
23 Kosuke Nakamura
2 Naomichi Ueda
20 Tomoaki Makino
21 Gōtoku Sakai
6 Wataru Endo
11 Takashi Usami
18 Ryota Oshima
13 Yoshinori Mutō

Manager: José Pekerman

Manager: Akira Nishino


Mordovia Arena (Saransk / Russia)
40.842
Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Robert Vukan (Slovenia)

Reports

Armchair Japan fans following their team's 2-1 World Cup win over Colombia risked triggering a plumbing disaster of biblical proportions when millions rushed to the toilet at half-time....
Yuya Osako exacted sweet revenge for Japan on Tuesday as the Blue Samurai beat Colombia 2-1, becoming the first Asian side ever to beat a South American team at the World Cup....
James Rodriguez was left out of Colombia's starting line-up for their opening World Cup match against Japan on Tuesday as the Brazil 2014 top scorer labours with a calf strain....
Despite sacking their coach just 71 days before the World Cup, Japan will attempt to prove their doubters wrong on Tuesday against a Colombia side sweating on the fitness of star midfielder James Rodriguez....
Colombia will not take struggling Asian giants Japan for granted when the two sides meet in their World Cup opener in Saransk, Seville striker Luis Muriel said Sunday....
James Rodriguez -- the top scorer at Brazil 2014 -- remains a doubt for Colombia's World Cup opener against Japan after missing training on Friday due to muscle fatigue....
Japan captain Makoto Hasebe promised Thursday that a late change of coach will not damage morale when they begin their World Cup quest against Colombia next week....