Japan vs Poland, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE
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Match Details
- Referee Paolo Valeri
- Referee Daniele Orsato
- Referee Carlos Astroza
- Referee Gery Vargas
- Referee Juan Carlos Mora
- Referee Janny Sikazwe
- Referee Jerson dos Santos
- Referee Zakhele Siwela
- Referee Ricardo Montero
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 28 Jun Poland H 0–1 L 24 Jun Senegal H 2–2 D 19 Jun Colombia A 2–1 W 14 May Hertford Town FC H 1–3 L 07 May Dijon Football Cote d'Or A 0–4 L 22 Apr Stade de Reims H 2–3 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
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Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Japan and Poland has kicked off!
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Poland that had 111 games and scored 15 goals.
- 10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Poland is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 30' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Lukasz Teodorczyk suffering a number of foals already.
- 35' The travelling Poland supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 40' Japan started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
- 45' It looks surprising Japan does not make any changes. Kamil Glik has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 47' The whistle greets Shinji Okazaki as he departs to be replaced by Yuya Osako.
- 52' Poland is showing some good football. However, Poland are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 57' It’s high time Akira Nishino made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 59' GOAL! Jan Bednarek scores on 59. Assisted by Rafal Kurzawa
- 64' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Japan needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 65' Time for substitution for Japan. Takashi Usami is replaced by Takashi Inui.
- 66' Tomoaki Makino was booked on 66.
- 71' Piotr Zielinski needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 76' Poland is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 79' Another change for Poland made on 79 minute. Piotr Zielinski leaves to be changed by Lukasz Teodorczyk.
- 80' Another change for Poland made on 80 minute. Rafal Kurzawa leaves to be changed by Slawomir Peszko.
- 82' The Japan manager makes a substitution. Yoshinori Muto departs to be replaced by Makoto Hasebe.
- 87' Lukasz Piszczek has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 49 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- Another three points for Poland.
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Japan
Starting XI- 15
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- 22
- 13
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- 19
- 21
- 10
- 8
- 17
- 11
- 7
- 14
- 5
- 20
- 3
- 16
Bench- 4
- 18
- 12
- 2
- 6
- 23
Coach Akira NishinoPoland
Starting XI- 5
- 22
- 11
- 15
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21
Rafal Kurzawa ↓ Slawomir Peszko 80'
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- 20
- 19
- 18
- 3
- 10
- 13
- 6
Bench- 12
- 16
- 1
- 7
- 4
- 8
- 23
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14
Lukasz Teodorczyk ↑ 84'
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17
Slawomir Peszko ↑ 80'
Coach Adam Nawalka -
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