Japan 2-1 Iraq (6 Oct, 2016) Final Score

Iraq

How close are Japan to Hajime Moriyasu's bold target of winning the FIFA World Cup?

Son Heung-Min lauds Palestine spirit as example to follow

Why Asian champions Qatar are struggling in the World Cup qualifiers is anyone's guess

Japan

Iraq

How close are Japan to Hajime Moriyasu's bold target of winning the FIFA World Cup?

Son Heung-Min lauds Palestine spirit as example to follow

Why Asian champions Qatar are struggling in the World Cup qualifiers is anyone's guess

Match Formations

Game Information

Match Timeline

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

WCQ - AFC News

1-0-3, 3 PTS

Genki Haraguchi - 26'
Hotaru Yamaguchi - 90'+5'

Saad Abdul-Amir - 60'

No.Name
12Shusaku Nishikawa
21Gotoku Sakai
6Masato Morishige
21Hiroki Sakai
16Yosuke Kashiwagi 16Hotaru Yamaguchi
--Genki Haraguchi
17Makoto Hasebe
4Keisuke Honda 13Yu Kobayashi
13Hiroshi Kiyotake
9Shinji Okazaki --Takuma Asano

Substitutes
1Eiji Kawashima
23Masaaki Higashiguchi
5Yuichi Maruyama
5Yuto Nagatomo
3Kosuke Ota
5Tomoaki Makino
--Ryota Oshima
--Manabu Saito
10Shinji Kagawa

Saitama Stadium 2002

11:35 AM, 6 October 2016

Saitama, Japan

Japan

Iraq

26
53
60
66
67
69
73
75
81
82
83
90+4
90+5

Hajime Moriyasu has said Japan's goal is not to reach the World Cup but to win it. Are they a realistic chance?

Son Heung-Min praised Palestine for the spirit they showed in holding South Korea to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.

Qatar have won the last two AFC Asian Cups -- so why are they struggling in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers?

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