Japan vs. Spain - Final Score - December 01, 2022

GROUP E

Japan vs

Spain

・December 1, 2022 December 01 Dec 01

Japan moves on to face Croatia. Spain will meet up with Morocco. Japan stuns favored Spain

	1	2	T
JPN	-	-	-
ESP	-	-	-

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, QAT

	1	2	T
JPN	0	2	2
ESP	1	0	1

Japan moves on to face Croatia. Spain will meet up with Morocco. Japan stuns favored Spain

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substitutes

Ritsu Doan ^#8 ^• ^M

^45'

Kaoru Mitoma ^#9 ^• ^M

^45'

Takuma Asano ^#18 ^• ^F

^62'

Takehiro Tomiyasu ^#16 ^• ^D

^67'

Wataru Endo ^#6 ^• ^M

^87'

Hiroki Ito ^#26 ^• ^D

Eiji Kawashima ^#1 ^• ^G

Shuto Machino ^#20 ^• ^F

Takumi Minamino ^#10 ^• ^M

Hiroki Sakai ^#19 ^• ^D

Daniel Schmidt ^#23 ^• ^G

Gaku Shibasaki ^#7 ^• ^M

Yuki Soma ^#24 ^• ^D

Ayase Ueda ^#21 ^• ^F

Miki Yamane ^#2 ^• ^D

^45' ^D ^• ^#20 Dani Carvajal

^57' ^F ^• ^#10 Marco Asensio

^57' ^F ^• ^#11 Ferran Torres

^68' ^D ^• ^#18 Jordi Alba

^68' ^F ^• ^#25 Ansu Fati

^D ^• ^#3 Eric Garcia

^D ^• ^#15 Hugo Guillamon

^M ^• ^#8 Koke

^D ^• ^#24 Aymeric Laporte

^M ^• ^#6 Marcos Llorente

^F ^• ^#17 Yeremy Pino

^G ^• ^#13 David Raya

^G ^• ^#1 Robert Sanchez

^F ^• ^#22 Pablo Sarabia

^M ^• ^#19 Carlos Soler

JAPAN
formation: 3-4-3

12

Gonda
3

Taniguchi
22

Yoshida
4

Itakura
45'
5

Nagatomo
13

Morita
86'
17

Tanaka
14

Ito
67'
15

Kamada
61'
25

Maeda
45'
11

Take

substitutes

Ritsu Doan ^#8 ^• ^M ^45'
Kaoru Mitoma ^#9 ^• ^M ^45'
Takuma Asano ^#18 ^• ^F ^62'
Takehiro Tomiyasu ^#16 ^• ^D ^67'
Wataru Endo ^#6 ^• ^M ^87'
Hiroki Ito ^#26 ^• ^D
Eiji Kawashima ^#1 ^• ^G
Shuto Machino ^#20 ^• ^F
Takumi Minamino ^#10 ^• ^M
Hiroki Sakai ^#19 ^• ^D
Daniel Schmidt ^#23 ^• ^G
Gaku Shibasaki ^#7 ^• ^M
Yuki Soma ^#24 ^• ^D
Ayase Ueda ^#21 ^• ^F
Miki Yamane ^#2 ^• ^D
SPAIN
formation: 4-1-2-3

56'
12

Williams
56'
7

Morata
21

Olmo
67'
9

Gavi
26

Pedri
5

Busquets
45'
2

Azpilicueta
16

Rodri
4

Torres
67'
14

Balde
23

Simon

substitutes

^45' ^D ^• ^#20 Dani Carvajal
^57' ^F ^• ^#10 Marco Asensio
^57' ^F ^• ^#11 Ferran Torres
^68' ^D ^• ^#18 Jordi Alba
^68' ^F ^• ^#25 Ansu Fati
^D ^• ^#3 Eric Garcia
^D ^• ^#15 Hugo Guillamon
^M ^• ^#8 Koke
^D ^• ^#24 Aymeric Laporte
^M ^• ^#6 Marcos Llorente
^F ^• ^#17 Yeremy Pino
^G ^• ^#13 David Raya
^G ^• ^#1 Robert Sanchez
^F ^• ^#22 Pablo Sarabia
^M ^• ^#19 Carlos Soler

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KEY PLAYERS

Alvaro Morata ESP · #7

1 Goal, 3 SOG, 9 Passes

Ritsu Doan JPN · #10

1 Goal, 1 Pass

Ao Tanaka JPN · #17

1 Goal, 17 Passes

Marco Asensio ESP · #10

1 SOG, 21 Passes

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KEY PLAYS

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 0

In Doha Spain attack through Sergio Busquets. The finish is off target, however.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 0

Japan's Junya Ito breaks free at Khalifa International Stadium. But the strike goes wide of the post.

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 0

Corner awarded to Spain.

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 0

Alvaro Morata (Spain) strikes at Khalifa International Stadium but his header is cleared.

ESP GOAL

JPN 0 ESP 1

10' A. Morata scored a goal, assisted by C. Azpilicueta.

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 1

Alvaro Morata for Spain drives towards goal at Khalifa International Stadium. But the finish is unsuccessful.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 1

39' K. Itakura (JPN) received a yellow card.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 1

44' S. Taniguchi (JPN) received a yellow card.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 1

45' M. Yoshida (JPN) received a yellow card.

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 1

Spain have been awarded a corner by Victor Gomes.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 0 ESP 1

45' K. Mitoma substituted in for Y. Nagatomo.

JPN GOAL

JPN 1 ESP 1

48' R. Doan scored a goal, assisted by J. Ito.

JPN GOAL

JPN 2 ESP 1

51' A. Tanaka scored a goal, assisted by K. Mitoma.

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

57' M. Asensio substituted in for A. Morata.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

62' T. Asano substituted in for D. Maeda.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

67' T. Tomiyasu substituted in for D. Kamada.

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

68' J. Alba substituted in for A. Balde.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

Takuma Asano of Japan gets in a strike, but is off target.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

Japan's Ko Itakura goes close with his head but his effort is blocked.

JPN KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

87' W. Endo substituted in for A. Tanaka.

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

In Doha Spain drive forward through Marco Asensio. His shot is on target but it's saved.

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

Dani Olmo gets his shot on target but fails to score for Spain.

ESP KEY PLAY

JPN 2 ESP 1

Spain are pushing forward but Dani Olmo's finish is wide of the goal.

Japan vs

Spain

Japan vs. Spain: Dec 1, 2022

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NEWS

The 'World Cup Tonight' crew reacts to Japan's upset win over Spain in the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Did VAR make the WRONG decision with Ao Tanaka's goal in Japan's victory over Spain? | SOTU

Japan vs. Spain Highlights | 2022 FIFA World Cup

Japan advances to knockout stage after defeating Spain 2-1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup

Japan's Ao Tanaka scores goal vs. Spain in 51' | 2022 FIFA World Cup

Japan takes a 2-1 lead over Spain after Ritsu Doan and Ao Tanaka score within three minutes | 2022 FIFA World Cup

Japan's Ritsu Doan scores goal vs. Spain in 48' | 2022 FIFA World Cup

Spain's Alvaro Morata scores goal vs. Japan in 11' | 2022 FIFA World Cup

KEY PLAYERS

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KEY PLAYS