Japan 2-0 Costa Rica: 2011 champions on brink of Women's World Cup last 16 after win

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Japan are connected the verge of qualifying for the Fifa Women's World Cup circular of 16 aft a regular triumph implicit Costa Rica.

Hikaru Naomoto and Aoba Fujino some scored successful the abstraction of 3 first-half minutes to easiness the 2011 champions to 3 points.

Japan volition beryllium the archetypal broadside to unafraid their spot successful knockout stages, if Spain gain astatine slightest a constituent against Zambia later.

Costa Rica volition beryllium eliminated from the World Cup if Spain debar defeat.

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Japan

Squad number1Player nameYamashita
Squad number5Player nameMiyake
Squad number4Player nameKumagai
Squad number3Player nameMinami
Squad number2Player nameShimizu
Squad number14Player nameHasegawa
Squad number16Player nameHayashi
Squad number6Player nameSugita
Squad number15Player nameFujino
Squad number8Player nameNaomoto
Squad number11Player nameTanaka

Squad number7Player nameMiyazawa
Squad number9Player nameUeki
Squad number10Player nameNagano
Squad number17Player nameSeike
Squad number19Player nameMoriya

Costa Rica

Squad number23Player nameSolera
Squad number3Player nameCoto
Squad number20Player nameVillalobos
Squad number4Player nameBenavides
Squad number12Player nameElizondo
Squad number7Player nameHerrera
Squad number15Player nameGranados
Squad number16Player nameAlvarado
Squad number2Player nameGuillén
Squad number9Player nameSalas
Squad number14Player nameChinchilla

Squad number10Player nameVillalobos
Squad number11Player nameRodríguez
Squad number21Player nameScott

Line-ups

Japan

Formation 3-4-2-1

1Yamashita
5Miyake
4Kumagai
3Minami
2ShimizuSubstituted forMoriyaat 90+1'minutes
14Hasegawa
16HayashiSubstituted forNaganoat 74'minutes
6Sugita
15FujinoSubstituted forMiyazawaat 59'minutes
8NaomotoSubstituted forSeikeat 74'minutes
11TanakaSubstituted forUekiat 59'minutes

Substitutes

7Miyazawa
9Ueki
10Nagano
12Takahashi
13Endo
17Seike
18Tanaka
19Moriya
20Hamano
21Hirao
22Chiba
23Ishikawa

Costa Rica

Formation 4-4-1-1

23Solera
3Coto
20Villalobos
4Benavides
12Elizondo
7Herrera
15GranadosSubstituted forRodríguezat 64'minutes
16Alvarado
2GuillénSubstituted forVillalobosat 45'minutes
9SalasSubstituted forScottat 76'minutes
14ChinchillaBooked astatine 85mins

Substitutes

1Pérez
5del Campo
6Sánchez
8Campos
10Villalobos
11Rodríguez
13Valenciano
17Varela
18Tapia
19Pinell
21Scott
22Estrada

Referee:Maria Ferrieri Caputi

Live Text

Match ends, Japan 2, Costa Rica 0.
Second Half ends, Japan 2, Costa Rica 0.
Riko Ueki (Japan) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Rocky Rodríguez (Costa Rica).
Attempt missed. Sheika Scott (Costa Rica) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the left. Assisted by Mélissa Herrera with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Riko Ueki (Japan) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Hinata Miyazawa.
Attempt missed. Riko Ueki (Japan) header from the centre of the container is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Hinata Miyazawa.
Attempt saved. Riko Ueki (Japan) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hina Sugita with a cross.
Substitution, Japan. Miyabi Moriya replaces Risa Shimizu.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by María Coto.
Fuka Nagano (Japan) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Gloriana Villalobos (Costa Rica).
Priscila Chinchilla (Costa Rica) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Yui Hasegawa (Japan) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Priscila Chinchilla (Costa Rica).
Attempt saved. Mariana Benavides (Costa Rica) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Katherine Alvarado with a cross.
Foul by Kiko Seike (Japan).
Rocky Rodríguez (Costa Rica) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Moeka Minami (Japan).
Daniela Solera (Costa Rica) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

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