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Japan vs Costa Rica

U.S. Open Cup
Japan
JPN
3-0
Final
Costa Rica
CRC
Panasonic Stadium Suita

Match pulse

JPNAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTCRC
33'Allan CruzCRC77'Óscar DuarteCRC
Team1H2HT
JPN123
CRC000

Who won: Japan 3-0

Japan beat Costa Rica 3-0 on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Panasonic Stadium Suita. Goals for Japan: Sho Sasaki (16'), Takumi Minamino (66') and Junya Ito (90'+3').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 17.1Masaaki HigashiguchiG
  2. 26.7Tomoaki MakinoCD-L
  3. 36.7Genta MiuraCD-R
  4. 46.7Sho SasakiLB
  5. 56.7Sei MuroyaRB
  6. 66.3Takumi MinaminoAM
  7. 76.3Wataru EndoLM
  8. 86.3Toshihiro AoyamaRM
  9. 96.3Yu KobayashiF
  10. 106.3Shoya NakajimaAM-L
  11. 116.3Ritsu DoanAM-R
  12. 126.0Takuma AsanoSUB

Player of the game

Masaaki Higashiguchi

JPN · clean sheet

7.1

Deserved to win

14%
JPN · 0.16 xG
82%
Draw
4%
CRC · 0.05 xG

Japan created better chances: they win this game 14% of the time

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Japan 3, Costa Rica 0.
  2. Second Half ends, Japan 3, Costa Rica 0.
  3. GOAL90'+3'

    Goal! Left footed shot

    J. Ito · ast T. Asano

    Goal! Japan 3, Costa Rica 0. Junya Ito (Japan) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Takuma Asano.

    JPN 3 - 0 CRC
  4. 90'+1'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  5. 90'

    Delay in match Óscar Duarte (Costa Rica) because of an injury.

  6. 89'

    Free kick won

    Jonathan Moya (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  7. 89'

    Foul by Tomoaki Makino (Japan).

  8. 89'

    Free kick won

    Jimmy Marín (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  9. 89'

    Foul by Wataru Endo (Japan).

  10. 88'

    Left footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Takumi Minamino (Japan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jun Amano with a cross following a corner.

    T. Minamino

  11. 87'
    Sub

    Subbed on for T. Aoyama

    Substitution, Japan. Kento Misao replaces Toshihiro Aoyama.

    K. Misao

  12. 87'

    Corner, Japan. Conceded by Keyner Brown.

  13. 86'

    Header just wide

    Attempt missed. Daniel Colindres (Costa Rica) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jimmy Marín with a cross.

    D. Colindres

  14. 85'

    Free kick won

    Wataru Endo (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  15. 85'

    Foul

    Foul by Jonathan Moya (Costa Rica).

  16. 85'
    Sub

    Subbed on for R. Doan

    Substitution, Japan. Junya Ito replaces Ritsu Doan.

    J. Ito

  17. 83'JPN

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Japan. Conceded by Keyner Brown.

  18. 82'
    Sub

    Subbed on for S. Muroya

    Substitution, Japan. Hidemasa Morita replaces Sei Muroya.

    H. Morita

  19. 80'

    Delay in match Sei Muroya (Japan) because of an injury.

  20. 79'Ritsu Doan

    Left footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

    R. Doan

  21. 78'
    Sub

    Subbed on for S. Sasaki

    Substitution, Japan. Shintaro Kurumaya replaces Sho Sasaki.

    S. Kurumaya

  22. 77'

    Yellow card

    Óscar Duarte (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    Ó. Duarte

  23. 77'

    Free kick won

    Takumi Minamino (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  24. 77'

    Foul

    Foul by Óscar Duarte (Costa Rica).

  25. 75'
    Sub

    Subbed on for S. Nakajima

    Substitution, Japan. Jun Amano replaces Shoya Nakajima.

    J. Amano

Leaders

JPNCRC
Total Shots
Takumi Minamino
5
Óscar Duarte
1
Accurate Passes
Wataru Endo
52
David Guzmán
50
Saves
Masaaki Higashiguchi
2
Leonel Moreira
2

Season seriesJPN leads series 1-0