Japanmarked the 1,000th sport within the historical past of theWorld Cupwith a 4-0 thrashing ofTunisiaon Saturday to shut in on a spot within the final 32.
Ayase Ueda scored twice whereas Daichi Kamada and Junya Ito had been additionally heading in the right direction because the Asian giants joined theNetherlandson 4 factors on the prime of Group F.
Tunisia, who had been thumped 5-1 bySwedenof their first sport of the match, can not hope for a spot within the knockout rounds.
The Blue Samurai, who held theNetherlandsto a 2-2 draw of their Group F opener, had been at all times in management in opposition to Tunisia on the Monterrey Stadium.
The consequence marked a dropping begin for brand new Tunisia supervisor Herve Renard, who was rapidly appointed to take over the World Cup marketing campaign after predecessor Sabri Lamouchi was sacked within the wake of the Sweden drubbing.
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But Renard’s staff by no means seemed like threatening a technically superior Japanese facet that had been shortly into their trademark, easy passing sport.
Daichi Kamada opened the scoring after simply 4 minutes, ending from shut vary after deft interaction from Ao Tanaka and Keito Nakamura.
The Japanese nearly scored once more moments later, with solely a determined goalline clearance from Dylan Bronn denying the Asian giants a second purpose.
Tunisia goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen was additionally working additional time, and needed to claw away a shot that simply went agonisingly wanting crossing the goalline.
Japan although lastly added to their tally within the thirty first minute, with striker Ueda profiting from some hesitant Tunisian defending to surge ahead and thunder a low shot into the underside nook from the sting of the world.
The rout continued within the second half, with Junya Ito latching onto an excellent by means of ball to calmly end on 69 minutes earlier than Ueda scored once more with a looping header within the 83rd minute.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
Originally revealed on France24