0 – 7
“Yumeki Yokoyama breaks the deadlock, converting after sustained pressure from a string of corners.”
Pivotal“Shuto Nagano doubles the lead just eight minutes later, capitalizing on Kyrgyzstan's shaky defensive shape.”
Pivotal“Yuto Ozeki completes a ruthless first-half spell, making it three goals in eleven minutes.”
Pivotal“Fresh off the bench, Yotaro Nakajima slots home a penalty to push the lead to four.”
“Yudai Shimamoto grabs his second of the game in stoppage time, sealing a seven-goal rout.”
Kyrgyzstan U23
Japan U23
Japan U23 needed just 39 minutes to effectively end the contest, ripping through Kyrgyzstan's defense for three goals inside a devastating first-half burst. The gulf in class was evident throughout, with Japan racking up 23 shots to Kyrgyzstan's 5 and dominating territorially with 82 dangerous attacks compared to just 21. Substitutes made an immediate impact in the second half, as fresh legs from the bench combined for a penalty conversion and two further goals to turn a comfortable lead into a rout. Kyrgyzstan's goalkeeper made 10 saves to prevent an even heavier defeat, but with only 2 shots on target of their own, they never threatened to make this a contest, leaving Japan to cruise through what looks like a straightforward group phase while Kyrgyzstan face a harsh reality check about the gap in quality at this level.
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Goal 0-7
On Soichiro Mori，Off Mihiro Sato
assist: Mihiro Sato
Goal - Yudai Shimamoto 0-6
On Daniel Omarov，Off Sardorbek Nematov
Corner
On Rion Ichihara，Off Yotaro Nakajima
assist: Yumeki Yokoyama
Goal - Hisatsugu Ishii 0-5
Goal 0-4
Goal - Penalty - Yotaro Nakajima 0-4
On Hisatsugu Ishii，Off Yutaka Michiwaki
On Sena Ishibashi，Off Yuya Fukunaga
On Kenshin Yasuda，Off Yuto Ozeki
Corner
On Sultan Bokoleev，Off Aitenir Balbakov
On Nursultan Toktonaliev，Off Kimi Merk
Corner
Corner
First Half Ends！0-3
Goal - Yuto Ozeki 0-3
Corner
Goal - Shuto Nagano 0-2
Yellow Card - Baibol Ermekov
assist: Yotaro Nakajima
Goal - Yumeki Yokoyama 0-1
Corner
Yellow Card - Altay Raimbekov
Corner
Corner
Kick-off!
