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Japan 5, South Africa 0, Full time

Full timeWomen's international friendly Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Japan

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  • Kiko Seike 1', 19'
  • Momoko Tanikawa 29'
  • Aoba Fujino 49', 60'

Japan 5, South Africa 0

Full time

South Africa

Away

Minute by minute

  1. Minute 1:

    Goal Kiko Seike (Japan)

  2. Minute 19:

    Goal Kiko Seike (Japan). Assisted by Fuka Nagano

  3. Minute 29:

    Goal Momoko Tanikawa (Japan). Assisted by Hikaru Kitagawa

  4. Half-time
  5. Minute 45:

    Substitution (Japan) On Manaka Matsukubo , off Kiko Seike

  6. Minute 45:

    Substitution (South Africa) On Thembi Kgatlana , off Nonhlanhla Mthandi

  7. Minute 49:

    Goal Aoba Fujino (Japan). Assisted by Momoko Tanikawa

  8. Minute 60:

    Goal Aoba Fujino (Japan). Assisted by Manaka Matsukubo

  9. Minute 61:

    Substitution (Japan) On Remina Chiba , off Momoko Tanikawa

  10. Minute 61:

    Substitution (Japan) On Mina Tanaka , off Aoba Fujino

  11. Minute 73:

    Substitution (South Africa) On Bongeka Gamede , off Linda Motlhalo

  12. Minute 74:

    Substitution (South Africa) On Wendy Shongwe , off Gabriela Salgado

  13. Minute 74:

    Substitution (Japan) On Honoka Hayashi , off Yui Hasegawa

  14. Minute 74:

    Substitution (Japan) On Akari Takeshige , off Moeka Minami

  15. Minute 75:

    Substitution (Japan) On Yuka Momiki , off Hinata Miyazawa

  16. Minute 86:

    Substitution (Japan) On Saki Kumagai , off Hikaru Kitagawa

  17. Minute 86:

    Substitution (Japan) On Juri Ito , off Fuka Nagano

  18. Minute 86:

    Substitution (South Africa) On Isabella Alexa Ludwig , off Noxolo Cesane

Statistics

  • Possession: Japan 58%, South Africa 42%

  • Total shots: Japan 16, South Africa 9

  • Shots on target: Japan 7, South Africa 4

  • Corners: Japan 4, South Africa 2

  • Saves: Japan 4, South Africa 2

  • Offsides: Japan 4, South Africa 0

  • Fouls: Japan 5, South Africa 3

Line-ups

Japan

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1Ayaka YamashitaG
  • 3Moeka Minami(subbed off)CD-L
  • 6Toko KogaCD-R
  • 13Hikaru Kitagawa(subbed off)LB
  • 2Risa ShimizuRB
  • 10Fuka Nagano(subbed off)CM-L
  • 14Yui Hasegawa(subbed off)CM-R
  • 7Hinata Miyazawa(subbed off)LM
  • 8Kiko Seike(subbed off)RM
  • 19Momoko Tanikawa(subbed off)CF-L
  • 15Aoba Fujino(subbed off)CF-R

Came on

11 Mina Tanaka · 17 Remina Chiba · 18 Honoka Hayashi · 16 Juri Ito · 4 Saki Kumagai · 9 Manaka Matsukubo · 20 Yuka Momiki · 21 Akari Takeshige

South Africa

Formation 3-5-2

  • 16Andile DlaminiG
  • 15Refiloe JaneCD
  • 7Karabo DhlaminiCD-L
  • 13Bambanani MbaneCD-R
  • 14Nonhlanhla Mthandi(subbed off)CM-L
  • 10Linda Motlhalo(subbed off)CM-R
  • 23Nthabiseng MajiyaAM
  • 20Antonia MaponyaLM
  • 5Fikile MagamaRM
  • 9Gabriela Salgado(subbed off)CF-L
  • 6Noxolo Cesane(subbed off)CF-R

Came on

30 Wendy Shongwe · 32 Isabella Alexa Ludwig · 11 Thembi Kgatlana · 3 Bongeka Gamede

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