TOKYO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — Japan beat fellow World Cup qualifiers the United States 2-0 via objectives from Daichi Kamada and Kaoru Mitoma in a World Cup warmup match in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Friday.
Eintracht Frankfurt ahead Kamada opened the scoring within the twenty fourth minute whereas English Premier League facet Brighton’s Mitoma doubled the lead for Japan within the 88th to down an under-strength U.S. squad.
The Americans, who had been with out Chelsea star Christian Pulisic, made zero pictures on aim and had been fully outplayed by the Japanese, whose 30-member squad had a complete of twenty-two gamers from European golf equipment.
Japan will face Ecuador subsequent Tuesday and the U.S. facet tackle Saudi Arabia on the identical day.
At Goyang Stadium close to Seoul, Tottenham striker Son Heung-min scored a late free kick to earn host South Korea a 2-2 draw with Costa Rica.
Forward Hwang Hee-chan put South Korea forward within the twenty eighth minute when he fired a low cross from proper again Yoon Jong-gyu into the underside proper nook.
Jewison Bennette equalized the rating within the forty first minute by heading dwelling a cross from Gerson Torres.
The 18-year-old Bennette, who performs with English Championship facet Sunderland, scored his second worldwide aim within the 62nd minute to offer Costa Rica a 2-1 lead.
South Korean gamers stepped up their offense in entrance of a capability crowd and their laborious work turned out fruitful with 9 minutes remaining.
Costa Rican goalkeeper was proven a pink card after dealing with the ball outdoors the field and the hosts had been awarded a free kick.
Son, who hit a hat-trick in Tottenham’s 6-2 rout of Leicester final Saturday, stepped in and his right-footed effort left Costa Rica’s new goalkeeper to don’t have any probability.
South Korea have been drawn in Group H with Portugal, Uruguay and Ghana within the Qatar World Cup whereas Japan play in Group E towards Germany, Spain and Costa Rica.