FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007

Matches

04/07/2007

Costa Rica Japan

0:1

0:1 (0:0)

Atomu TANAKA (67')

Match 19

Victoria
Royal Athletic Park

Referee: Wolfgang STARK (GER)

Summary

Japan book early passage

Japan became the first team at these finals to qualify for the round of 16 after earning a narrow 1-0 win over poor-finishing Costa Rica on Wednesday in Group F.

Highlights

Line-up

CRC

JPN

1 Alfonso QUESADA (GK) $.img{src:'/s/236519.png'} CRC1 Alfonso QUESADA	1 (GK) Akihiro HAYASHI $.img{src:'/s/268473.png'} JPN1 Akihiro HAYASHI
3 Rudy DAWSON (C) $.img{src:'/s/236521.png'} CRC3 Rudy DAWSON	2 Atsuto UCHIDA $.img{src:'/s/268474.png'} JPN2 Atsuto UCHIDA
4 Giancarlo GONZALEZ $.img{src:'/s/268821.png'} CRC4 Giancarlo GONZALEZ	3 Michihiro YASUDA $.img{src:'/s/268478.png'} JPN3 Michihiro YASUDA
5 Esteban RODRIGUEZ $.img{src:'/s/236532.png'} CRC5 Esteban RODRIGUEZ	4 (C) Yohei FUKUMOTO $.img{src:'/s/268476.png'} JPN4 Yohei FUKUMOTO
6 Jose CUBERO $.img{src:'/s/268822.png'} CRC6 Jose CUBERO (-86' )	5 Tomoaki MAKINO $.img{src:'/s/268477.png'} JPN5 Tomoaki MAKINO
7 Pablo HERRERA $.img{src:'/s/268828.png'} CRC7 Pablo HERRERA	7 Tsukasa UMESAKI $.img{src:'/s/268479.png'} JPN7 Tsukasa UMESAKI
8 Celso BORGES $.img{src:'/s/236530.png'} CRC8 Celso BORGES	8 (-80' ) Atomu TANAKA $.img{src:'/s/268480.png'} JPN8 Atomu TANAKA
10 Luis PEREZ $.img{src:'/s/268824.png'} CRC10 Luis PEREZ (-59' )	9 (-76' ) Kazuhisa KAWAHARA $.img{src:'/s/268578.png'} JPN9 Kazuhisa KAWAHARA
11 Jean SOLORZANO $.img{src:'/s/236529.png'} CRC11 Jean SOLORZANO (-77' )	10 (-90' ) Yosuke KASHIWAGI $.img{src:'/s/268582.png'} JPN10 Yosuke KASHIWAGI
16 Leslie RAMOS $.img{src:'/s/238303.png'} CRC16 Leslie RAMOS	12 Yasuhito MORISHIMA $.img{src:'/s/268481.png'} JPN12 Yasuhito MORISHIMA
17 Dave MYRIE $.img{src:'/s/236533.png'} CRC17 Dave MYRIE	15 Jun AOYAMA $.img{src:'/s/268592.png'} JPN15 Jun AOYAMA

Substitute(s)

18 Esteban ALVARADO (GK) $.img{src:'/s/268832.png'} CRC18 Esteban ALVARADO	18 (GK) Yohei TAKEDA $.img{src:'/s/268585.png'} JPN18 Yohei TAKEDA
21 Francisco GOMEZ (GK) $.img{src:'/s/270779.png'} CRC21 Francisco GOMEZ	21 (GK) Kazushige KIRIHATA $.img{src:'/s/268579.png'} JPN21 Kazushige KIRIHATA
2 Brayan JIMENEZ $.img{src:'/s/238308.png'} CRC2 Brayan JIMENEZ	6 (+90') Masato MORISHIGE $.img{src:'/s/268594.png'} JPN6 Masato MORISHIGE
9 Cesar ELIZONDO $.img{src:'/s/236538.png'} CRC9 Cesar ELIZONDO	11 Mike HAVENAAR $.img{src:'/s/268583.png'} JPN11 Mike HAVENAAR
12 Jonathan McDONALD $.img{src:'/s/268825.png'} CRC12 Jonathan McDONALD (+77')	13 Masaki YANAGAWA $.img{src:'/s/268580.png'} JPN13 Masaki YANAGAWA
13 Marlon CAMBLE $.img{src:'/s/270813.png'} CRC13 Marlon CAMBLE (+86')	14 (+76') Kota AOKI $.img{src:'/s/268584.png'} JPN14 Kota AOKI
14 Argenis FERNANDEZ $.img{src:'/s/270773.png'} CRC14 Argenis FERNANDEZ (+59')	16 (+80') Seiya FUJITA $.img{src:'/s/271247.png'} JPN16 Seiya FUJITA
15 Orlando GONZALEZ $.img{src:'/s/268830.png'} CRC15 Orlando GONZALEZ	17 Kosuke OTA $.img{src:'/s/268599.png'} JPN17 Kosuke OTA
19 Ricardo GARCIA $.img{src:'/s/268833.png'} CRC19 Ricardo GARCIA	19 Ryuichi HIRASHIGE $.img{src:'/s/268597.png'} JPN19 Ryuichi HIRASHIGE
20 Kendall WASTON $.img{src:'/s/236536.png'} CRC20 Kendall WASTON	20 Shinji KAGAWA $.img{src:'/s/268596.png'} JPN20 Shinji KAGAWA

Coaches

Geovanni ALFARO (CRC)

(JPN) Yasushi YOSHIDA

Officials

Referee: Wolfgang STARK (GER)Assistant Referee 1: Jan-Hendrik SALVER (GER)Assistant Referee 2: Volker WEZEL (GER)Fourth official: Silviu PETRESCU (CAN)

Statistics

CRC

JPN

18	Shots	9
5	Corner kicks	5
1	Yellow cards	0
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
49%	Possession (%)	51%

Geovanni Alfaro: "With all due respect to Japan, I certainly do think that in balance we were superior today. If you break down creativity and goal scoring opportunities, I think you'll find we were ahead in those categories."

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FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007

Matches

Costa RicaJapan

Summary

Line-up

CRC1

JPN1

CRC3

JPN2

CRC4

JPN3

CRC5

JPN4

CRC6

JPN5

CRC7

JPN7

CRC8

JPN8

CRC10

JPN9

CRC11

JPN10

CRC16

JPN12

CRC17

JPN15

Substitute(s)

CRC18

JPN18

CRC21

JPN21

CRC2

JPN6

CRC9

JPN11

CRC12

JPN13

CRC13

JPN14

CRC14

JPN16

CRC15

JPN17

CRC19

JPN19

CRC20

JPN20

Coaches

Officials

Statistics

Photos

Quotes

Costa Rica Japan