Japan vs Iraq Friendlies 2015

12:59 pm JST
Mostly Cloudy 25C

8:00 pm JST
Mostly Cloudy 22C

9:29 pm JST
Mostly Cloudy 21C

10:29 pm JST
Light Rain 21C

Players to watch

Not available players
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Game Summary

⚽ Goals : Honda, Makino, Okazaki, Haraguchi

Japan

Iraq

4-2-3-1
Halilhodžić
Asst.Teguramori

Squad - Campaign

4-2-3-1
Salman, Akram

Campaign - Squad

Match Events
Honda (Shibasaki)	5'		1-0
Makino	9'		2-0
Okazaki (Usami)	32'		3-0
	37'	Abdu'ir

	46'	Saeed for Samal
	55'	Kasim for Meram
Nagai for Honda	66'
Haraguchi for Kagawa	66'
Muto for Usami	66'
	70'	A Wahid for Salman
	72'	Hussein for Radhi
Osako for Okazaki	73'
Taniguchi for Hasebe	76'
Haraguchi	84'		4-0
Yamaguchi for Shibasaki	85'
	88'	Bahjat for Ismail
Japan was 85 minutes ahead and 0 minutes down on score

Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos

Match Stats
20	Shots	3
11	Shots on gol	2
18	Fouls	13
9	Corner Kicks	4
1	Offsides	1
53	Time %	47


27.2	Age Avg	23.6
1.79	Height Avg	1.82
1.89	Height Max	1.92

Attendance: 63877

Japan

Kawashima
Sakai
Yoshida
Makino
Nagatomo
Shibasaki
Hasebe
Honda
Kagawa
Usami
Okazaki

Yamaguchi
Taniguchi
Nagai
Haraguchi
Muto
Osako

Iraq

Hassan
Samal
Shakir
Sulaka
Ismail
Abdu'ir
Salman
Yasin
Meram
Tariq
Radhi

Saeed
Bahjat
A Wahid
Kasim
Hussein

Match too old for new votes

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noonnoon 13-Jun-15 12:06

On June 1, Japan coach Vahid Halilhodžić named 25 man squad for friendly match against Iraq and 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers R2/2019 AFC Asia Cup Qualifiers against Singapore.

GK: Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege, BEL), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds) and Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo).

DF: Daiki Niwa (Gamba Osaka), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan, ITA), Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Reds), Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo), Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo), Maya Yoshida (Southampton, ENG), Hiroki Sakai (Hannover 96, GER) and Gotoku Sakai (VfB Stuttgart, GER).

MF: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt, GER), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund, GER), ~~Hiroshi Kiyotake (Hannover 96, GER)~~, Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) and Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers).

FW: Shinji Okazaki (1. FSV Mainz 05, GER), Keisuke Honda (AC Milan, ITA), ~~Kengo Kawamata (Nagoya Grampus)~~, Yuya Osako (1. FC Köln, GER), Genki Haraguchi (Hertha Berlin, GER), Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) and Yoshinori Muto (FC Tokyo).

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On June 9, Kensuke Nagai (FW, Nagoya Grampus) has been called up to the squad.
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On June 12, Hiroshi Kiyotake has pulled out from squad due to a broken metatarsal of his right foot.
Also Kengo Kawamata has pulled out from squad due to a thigh injury.

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