Two targets from Ayase Ueda, and one every from Daichi Kamada and Junya Ito, retains Asian giants Japan second in Group F.
Revealed On 21 Jun 2026
Japan marked the 1,000th sport within the historical past of the World Cup with a 4-0 thrashing of Tunisia on Saturday, to shut in on a spot within the final 32.
Ayase Ueda scored twice whereas Daichi Kamada and Junya Ito had been additionally on the right track because the Asian giants joined the Netherlands on 4 factors on the high of Group F.
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Tunisia, who had been thumped 5-1 by Sweden of their first sport of the match, have been eradicated from the match with one group match remaining.
The Blue Samurai, who held the Netherlands to a 2-2 draw of their Group F opener, had been all the time in management in opposition to Tunisia on the Monterrey Stadium.
The consequence marked a shedding begin for brand spanking new Tunisia supervisor Herve Renard, who was unexpectedly appointed to take over the World Cup marketing campaign after predecessor Sabri Lamouchi was sacked following the wake of the Sweden drubbing.
However Renard’s group by no means regarded like threatening a technically superior Japanese aspect that went shortly into their trademark easy passing sport.
Daichi Kamada opened the scoring after simply 4 minutes, ending from shut vary after deft interaction from Ao Tanaka and Keito Nakamura.
The Japanese virtually scored once more moments later, with solely a determined goal-line clearance from Dylan Bronn denying the Asian giants a second objective.
Tunisia goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen was additionally working extra time, and needed to claw away a shot that went agonisingly wanting crossing the objective line.
Japan, although, lastly added to their tally within the thirty first minute, with striker Ueda making the most of some hesitant Tunisian defending to surge ahead and thunder a low shot into the underside nook from the sting of the world.
The rout continued within the second half, with Junya Ito latching onto an excellent via ball to calmly end on 69 minutes earlier than Ueda scored once more with a looping header within the 83rd minute.
