Monterrey [Mexico], June 21 (ANI): The one thousandth match in FIFA World Cup historical past became a landmark event for Japan because the Samurai Blue registered the most important victory of their World Cup journey, thrashing Tunisia 4-0 in a Group F conflict at Estadio Monterrey on Sunday.
Ninety-six years after the primary World Cup match was performed in Montevideo, Uruguay, Japan marked the event’s one thousandth recreation by turning into the primary Asian nation to attain 4 objectives in a FIFA World Cup match.
The emphatic consequence additionally prolonged their unbeaten run on the World Cup to 4 matches, the longest such streak within the nation’s historical past.
The victory lifted Japan to 4 factors in Group F, stage with leaders Netherlands however behind on objectives scored. Tunisia, in the meantime, have been eradicated within the group stage for a seventh successive World Cup look, extending an undesirable file.
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Only Scotland, with eight earlier appearances, have performed in additional World Cups with out ever reaching the knockout rounds.
According to ESPN, Japan’s quick begin produced one other file when Daichi Kamada discovered the online after simply 3 minutes and 27 seconds, the quickest objective ever scored by a Japanese participant in FIFA World Cup historical past.
Ayase Ueda emerged because the star of the night time, turning into the primary Japanese footballer to attain a brace and register three objective contributions in a single World Cup match. His two objectives and total affect spearheaded a dominant efficiency that left Tunisia chasing shadows for a lot of the competition.
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The match towards Japan was Tunisia’s twentieth FIFA World Cup match. They grew to become solely the fourth African nation to achieve that mark after Cameroon (26 matches), Morocco (25) and Nigeria (21).
Japan seized management early by way of Kamada after a flowing staff transfer uncovered the Tunisian defence. Ueda doubled the lead within the thirty first minute with a low end into the nook earlier than Junya Ito added a 3rd halfway by way of the second half after racing away from the defence.
Ueda accomplished the scoring late on with a looping header, sealing Japan’s first-ever four-goal World Cup efficiency and strengthening their hopes of automated qualification for the Round of 32.
Japan now want solely some extent from their last group match towards Sweden, whereas Tunisia bow out after one other group-stage exit. (ANI)