FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007

Matches

11/07/2007

Japan Czech Republic

2:2

2:2 a.e.t. (2:2, 1:0) 3:4 PSO

Tomoaki MAKINO (22')
Yasuhito MORISHIMA (47' PEN)

Ondrej KUDELA (74' PEN)
Jakub MARES (77' PEN)

Match 40

Victoria
Royal Athletic Park

Referee: Jose BUITRAGO (COL)

Summary

Czechs rally to shock Japan

Japan's luck ran out as ten-man Czech Republic rallied for an unlikely shootout victory after being down two goals to claim a dramatic spot in the quarter-finals. More »

Highlights

Line-up

JPN

CZE

1 Akihiro HAYASHI (GK) $.img{src:'/s/268473.png'} JPN1 Akihiro HAYASHI	1 (GK) Radek PETR $.img{src:'/s/267594.png'} CZE1 Radek PETR
2 Atsuto UCHIDA $.img{src:'/s/268474.png'} JPN2 Atsuto UCHIDA	3 (-91' ) Lukas KUBAN $.img{src:'/s/271341.png'} CZE3 Lukas KUBAN
3 Michihiro YASUDA $.img{src:'/s/268478.png'} JPN3 Michihiro YASUDA	4 Ondrej MAZUCH $.img{src:'/s/267601.png'} CZE4 Ondrej MAZUCH
4 Yohei FUKUMOTO (C) $.img{src:'/s/268476.png'} JPN4 Yohei FUKUMOTO	5 (C) Jan SIMUNEK $.img{src:'/s/267599.png'} CZE5 Jan SIMUNEK
5 Tomoaki MAKINO $.img{src:'/s/268477.png'} JPN5 Tomoaki MAKINO	6 Ondrej KUDELA $.img{src:'/s/267611.png'} CZE6 Ondrej KUDELA
7 Tsukasa UMESAKI $.img{src:'/s/268479.png'} JPN7 Tsukasa UMESAKI (-110' )	9 Martin FENIN $.img{src:'/s/267605.png'} CZE9 Martin FENIN
8 Atomu TANAKA $.img{src:'/s/268480.png'} JPN8 Atomu TANAKA (-78' )	12 Petr JANDA $.img{src:'/s/267609.png'} CZE12 Petr JANDA
9 Kazuhisa KAWAHARA $.img{src:'/s/268578.png'} JPN9 Kazuhisa KAWAHARA (-70' )	14 (-46'HT ) Marcel GECOV $.img{src:'/s/267619.png'} CZE14 Marcel GECOV
10 Yosuke KASHIWAGI $.img{src:'/s/268582.png'} JPN10 Yosuke KASHIWAGI	15 (-55' ) Marek STRESTIK $.img{src:'/s/267613.png'} CZE15 Marek STRESTIK
12 Yasuhito MORISHIMA $.img{src:'/s/268481.png'} JPN12 Yasuhito MORISHIMA	17 Marek SUCHY $.img{src:'/s/271307.png'} CZE17 Marek SUCHY
15 Jun AOYAMA $.img{src:'/s/268592.png'} JPN15 Jun AOYAMA	19 Lubos KALOUDA $.img{src:'/s/269932.png'} CZE19 Lubos KALOUDA

Substitute(s)

18 Yohei TAKEDA (GK) $.img{src:'/s/268585.png'} JPN18 Yohei TAKEDA	16 (GK) Ludek FRYDRYCH $.img{src:'/s/267625.png'} CZE16 Ludek FRYDRYCH
21 Kazushige KIRIHATA (GK) $.img{src:'/s/268579.png'} JPN21 Kazushige KIRIHATA	21 (GK) Tomas FRYSTAK $.img{src:'/s/269919.png'} CZE21 Tomas FRYSTAK
6 Masato MORISHIGE $.img{src:'/s/268594.png'} JPN6 Masato MORISHIGE	2 Jakub DOHNALEK $.img{src:'/s/269648.png'} CZE2 Jakub DOHNALEK
11 Mike HAVENAAR $.img{src:'/s/268583.png'} JPN11 Mike HAVENAAR	7 Jiri VALENTA $.img{src:'/s/269658.png'} CZE7 Jiri VALENTA
13 Masaki YANAGAWA $.img{src:'/s/268580.png'} JPN13 Masaki YANAGAWA	8 Michal HELD $.img{src:'/s/271329.png'} CZE8 Michal HELD
14 Kota AOKI $.img{src:'/s/268584.png'} JPN14 Kota AOKI (+70')	10 (+46'HT) Jakub MARES $.img{src:'/s/267607.png'} CZE10 Jakub MARES
16 Seiya FUJITA $.img{src:'/s/271247.png'} JPN16 Seiya FUJITA (+78')	11 (+91') Tomas OKLESTEK $.img{src:'/s/269941.png'} CZE11 Tomas OKLESTEK
17 Kosuke OTA $.img{src:'/s/268599.png'} JPN17 Kosuke OTA	13 Tomas MICOLA $.img{src:'/s/271311.png'} CZE13 Tomas MICOLA
19 Ryuichi HIRASHIGE $.img{src:'/s/268597.png'} JPN19 Ryuichi HIRASHIGE	18 (+55') Tomas PEKHART $.img{src:'/s/271325.png'} CZE18 Tomas PEKHART
20 Shinji KAGAWA $.img{src:'/s/268596.png'} JPN20 Shinji KAGAWA (+110')	20 Tomas CIHLAR $.img{src:'/s/271315.png'} CZE20 Tomas CIHLAR

Coaches

Yasushi YOSHIDA (JPN)

(CZE) Miroslav SOUKUP

Officials

Referee: Jose BUITRAGO (COL)Assistant Referee 1: Abraham GONZALEZ (COL)Assistant Referee 2: Rafael RIVAS (COL)Fourth official: German ARREDONDO (MEX)

Statistics

JPN

CZE

22	Shots	21
9	Corner kicks	7
3	Yellow cards	1
0	Second yellow card and red card	1
1	Red Cards	0
61%	Possession (%)	39%

Miroslav Soukup: "Japan showed why they finished first in their group. But, we found some strength, and we were able to turn things around and even the match. And in the end, we were just a little bit more lucky and we won."

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FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007

Matches

JapanCzech Republic

Summary

Line-up

JPN1

CZE1

JPN2

CZE3

JPN3

CZE4

JPN4

CZE5

JPN5

CZE6

JPN7

CZE9

JPN8

CZE12

JPN9

CZE14

JPN10

CZE15

JPN12

CZE17

JPN15

CZE19

Substitute(s)

JPN18

CZE16

JPN21

CZE21

JPN6

CZE2

JPN11

CZE7

JPN13

CZE8

JPN14

CZE10

JPN16

CZE11

JPN17

CZE13

JPN19

CZE18

JPN20

CZE20

Coaches

Officials

Statistics

Photos

Quotes

Japan Czech Republic