Japan 3-1 Norway: Japanese into World Cup quarter-finals

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Last updated connected 2 minutes ago.From the conception Women's World Cup

Risa Shimizu puts Japan up  against NorwayJapan person scored 14 goals astatine the Women's World Cup and conceded conscionable one

Japan took a measurement person to a 2nd Women's World Cup rubric erstwhile they bushed Norway to scope the quarter-finals.

The 2011 champions made the perfect commencement erstwhile Norway defender Ingrid Engen turned Hinata Miyazawa's transverse into her ain net.

However, Norway equalised a fewer minutes aboriginal erstwhile Guro Reiten headed home.

Risa Shimizu's heavy defected onslaught restored Japan's pb earlier Hinata Miyazawa raced done to people a 3rd and seal her side's progress.

The extremity cemented Japan's spot successful the quarter-finals and kept Miyazawa connected people for the Golden Boot - she leads the scoring charts successful Australia and New Zealand connected five.

Norway were 2nd champion for overmuch of the crippled but astir acceptable up an breathtaking decorativeness erstwhile goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita superbly kept retired Karina Saevik's slug header.

Japan volition play either defending champions the United States oregon Sweden successful the past eight.

Slick Japan support connected rolling

Japan are seeking their archetypal Women's World Cup rubric successful 12 years and they person hardly enactment a ft incorrect astatine this tournament.

They breezed done the radical signifier without dropping a point, including an eye-catching 4-0 triumph against chap quarter-finalists Spain successful their last radical game.

In that crippled they played devastating counter-attacking shot - winning contempt having conscionable 23% possession to amusement they tin excavation successful and grind retired triumph against a pugnacious opponent.

Reiten's extremity is the archetypal they person conceded astatine this World Cup but isolated from that header they erstwhile again delivered a beardown antiaircraft display.

On the uncommon juncture their defence was beaten, Yamashita was determination to marque an unthinkable save.

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Japan

  1. Squad number1Player nameYamashita

  2. Squad number12Player nameTakahashi

  3. Squad number4Player nameKumagai

  4. Squad number3Player nameMinami

  5. Squad number2Player nameShimizu

  6. Squad number14Player nameHasegawa

  7. Squad number10Player nameNagano

  8. Squad number13Player nameEndo

  9. Squad number7Player nameMiyazawa

  10. Squad number11Player nameTanaka

  11. Squad number15Player nameFujino

  1. Squad number9Player nameUeki

Norway

  1. Squad number23Player nameMikalsen

  2. Squad number13Player nameBjelde

  3. Squad number6Player nameMjelde

  4. Squad number16Player nameHarviken

  5. Squad number4Player nameHansen

  6. Squad number7Player nameEngen

  7. Squad number8Player nameBøe Risa

  8. Squad number11Player nameReiten

  9. Squad number10Player nameGraham Hansen

  10. Squad number22Player nameHaug

  11. Squad number20Player nameHaavi

  1. Squad number3Player nameHørte

  2. Squad number9Player nameSævik

  3. Squad number14Player nameHegerberg

  4. Squad number18Player nameMaanum

Line-ups

Japan

Formation 3-4-3

  • 1Yamashita
  • 12Takahashi
  • 4Kumagai
  • 3Minami
  • 2Shimizu
  • 14Hasegawa
  • 10Nagano
  • 13Endo
  • 7Miyazawa
  • 11TanakaSubstituted forUekiat 72'minutes
  • 15Fujino

Substitutes

  • 5Miyake
  • 6Sugita
  • 8Naomoto
  • 9Ueki
  • 16Hayashi
  • 17Seike
  • 18Tanaka
  • 19Moriya
  • 20Hamano
  • 21Hirao
  • 22Chiba
  • 23Ishikawa

Norway

Formation 4-3-3

  • 23Mikalsen
  • 13BjeldeSubstituted forHørteat 88'minutes
  • 6Mjelde
  • 16Harviken
  • 4HansenSubstituted forHegerbergat 74'minutes
  • 7Engen
  • 8Bøe RisaSubstituted forMaanumat 63'minutes
  • 11Reiten
  • 10Graham Hansen
  • 22Haug
  • 20HaaviSubstituted forSævikat 63'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Fiskerstrand
  • 2Sønstevold
  • 3Hørte
  • 5Bergsvand
  • 9Sævik
  • 12Pettersen
  • 14Hegerberg
  • 15Eikeland
  • 17Blakstad
  • 18Maanum
  • 19Bratberg Lund
  • 21Jøsendal

Referee:Edina Alves Batista

Attendance:33,042

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Japan 3, Norway 1.

  2. Second Half ends, Japan 3, Norway 1.

  3. Attempt missed. Aoba Fujino (Japan) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Fuka Nagano pursuing a accelerated break.

  4. Attempt blocked. Sara Hørte (Norway) header from the near broadside of the six gait container is blocked. Assisted by Caroline Graham Hansen with a cross.

  5. Attempt saved. Karina Sævik (Norway) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Sophie Haug with a headed pass.

  6. Corner, Japan. Conceded by Aurora Mikalsen.

  7. Attempt blocked. Riko Ueki (Japan) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Hinata Miyazawa.

  8. Substitution, Norway. Sara Hørte replaces Thea Bjelde.

  9. Attempt saved. Yui Hasegawa (Japan) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner.

  10. Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.

  11. Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Riko Ueki (Japan).

  12. Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Ingrid Engen (Norway).

  13. Offside, Japan. Aoba Fujino tries a done ball, but Hinata Miyazawa is caught offside.

  14. Riko Ueki (Japan) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  15. Foul by Frida Maanum (Norway).

  16. Attempt missed. Ada Hegerberg (Norway) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is precocious and wide to the left. Assisted by Guro Reiten with a cross.

  17. Offside, Japan. Moeka Minami tries a done ball, but Aoba Fujino is caught offside.

  18. Goal! Japan 3, Norway 1. Hinata Miyazawa (Japan) near footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Aoba Fujino with a done shot pursuing a accelerated break.

  19. Riko Ueki (Japan) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.

  20. Foul by Mathilde Harviken (Norway).

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