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21/06/2011 - Weather

Japan France

1:1

1:1 (0:1)

Hideki ISHIGE (49' PEN)

Abdallah YAISIEN (24')

Match 15 - Group B

Monterrey
Estadio Universitario

Referee: Victor CARRILLO (PER)

Summary

Japan and France draw to top

France and Japan shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw in Monterrey on Tuesday that sees the two sides share top spot in Mexico 2011’s Group B with one game to go. More »

Highlights

Line-up

JPN

FRA

1 Kosuke NAKAMURA (GK) $.img{src:'/s/331184.png'} JPN1 Kosuke NAKAMURA	16 (GK) Lionnel MPASI NZAU $.img{src:'/s/335991.png'} FRA16 Lionnel MPASI NZAU
2 Naoki KAWAGUCHI $.img{src:'/s/331163.png'} JPN2 Naoki KAWAGUCHI	4 (C) Raphael CALVET $.img{src:'/s/335996.png'} FRA4 Raphael CALVET
3 Takuya IWANAMI (C) $.img{src:'/s/331164.png'} JPN3 Takuya IWANAMI	5 Kurt ZOUMA $.img{src:'/s/335997.png'} FRA5 Kurt ZOUMA
4 Naomichi UEDA $.img{src:'/s/331166.png'} JPN4 Naomichi UEDA	6 Adrien TAMEZE $.img{src:'/s/336004.png'} FRA6 Adrien TAMEZE
5 Kazuki FUKAI $.img{src:'/s/331167.png'} JPN5 Kazuki FUKAI	7 (-63' ) Adam NKUSU $.img{src:'/s/336010.png'} FRA7 Adam NKUSU
6 Sei MUROYA $.img{src:'/s/335688.png'} JPN6 Sei MUROYA	9 Lenny NANGIS $.img{src:'/s/336011.png'} FRA9 Lenny NANGIS
7 Reo MOCHIZUKI $.img{src:'/s/331169.png'} JPN7 Reo MOCHIZUKI	10 Abdallah YAISIEN $.img{src:'/s/336012.png'} FRA10 Abdallah YAISIEN
8 Hideki ISHIGE $.img{src:'/s/331183.png'} JPN8 Hideki ISHIGE	11 (-46' ) Sebastien HALLER $.img{src:'/s/336013.png'} FRA11 Sebastien HALLER
12 Fumiya HAYAKAWA $.img{src:'/s/331171.png'} JPN12 Fumiya HAYAKAWA	12 (-70' ) Antoine CONTE $.img{src:'/s/335998.png'} FRA12 Antoine CONTE
13 Takuya KIDA $.img{src:'/s/335691.png'} JPN13 Takuya KIDA (-46' )	13 Aymeric LAPORTE $.img{src:'/s/335999.png'} FRA13 Aymeric LAPORTE
20 Musashi SUZUKI $.img{src:'/s/335689.png'} JPN20 Musashi SUZUKI (-74' )	21 Tiemoue BAKAYOKO $.img{src:'/s/336006.png'} FRA21 Tiemoue BAKAYOKO

Substitute(s)

18 Shunta AWAKA (GK) $.img{src:'/s/335731.png'} JPN18 Shunta AWAKA	1 (GK) Quentin BEUNARDEAU $.img{src:'/s/335990.png'} FRA1 Quentin BEUNARDEAU
21 Ayumi NIEKAWA (GK) $.img{src:'/s/335735.png'} JPN21 Ayumi NIEKAWA	19 (GK) Paul NARDI $.img{src:'/s/336418.png'} FRA19 Paul NARDI
9 Takumi MINAMINO $.img{src:'/s/331170.png'} JPN9 Takumi MINAMINO (+46')	2 (+70') Jordan IKOKO $.img{src:'/s/335994.png'} FRA2 Jordan IKOKO
10 Ryuga SUZUKI $.img{src:'/s/331165.png'} JPN10 Ryuga SUZUKI	3 Benjamin MENDY $.img{src:'/s/335995.png'} FRA3 Benjamin MENDY
11 Masaya MATSUMOTO $.img{src:'/s/331175.png'} JPN11 Masaya MATSUMOTO (+74')	8 (+46') Soualiho MEITE $.img{src:'/s/336005.png'} FRA8 Soualiho MEITE
14 Shoya NAKAJIMA $.img{src:'/s/335730.png'} JPN14 Shoya NAKAJIMA	14 Kharl MADIANGA $.img{src:'/s/336474.png'} FRA14 Kharl MADIANGA
15 Jumpei ARAI $.img{src:'/s/331174.png'} JPN15 Jumpei ARAI	15 Pierre BOURDIN $.img{src:'/s/335992.png'} FRA15 Pierre BOURDIN
16 Hideyuki NOZAWA $.img{src:'/s/335690.png'} JPN16 Hideyuki NOZAWA	17 Jordan VERCLEYEN $.img{src:'/s/336484.png'} FRA17 Jordan VERCLEYEN
17 Hiroki AKINO $.img{src:'/s/331168.png'} JPN17 Hiroki AKINO	18 Gaetan LABORDE $.img{src:'/s/336014.png'} FRA18 Gaetan LABORDE
19 Daisuke TAKAGI $.img{src:'/s/331179.png'} JPN19 Daisuke TAKAGI	20 (+63') Yassine BENZIA $.img{src:'/s/336486.png'} FRA20 Yassine BENZIA

Coaches

Hirofumi YOSHITAKE (JPN)

(FRA) Patrick GONFALONE

Officials

Referee: Victor CARRILLO (PER)Assistant Referee 1: Jonny BOSSIO (PER)Assistant Referee 2: Cesar ESCANO (PER)Fourth official: Stephan STUDER (SUI)

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Statistics

JPN

FRA

13	Shots	12
3	Corner kicks	2
2	Yellow cards	3
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
62%	Possession (%)	38%

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Quotes

"Looking at the match as a whole, I thought we deserved to win. We played well today against an excellent French side with a nice passing style," said Japan coach Hirofumi Yoshitake.

Standings

Team	MP	GF	GA	Pts
JPN	3	5	2	7
FRA	3	5	2	5
ARG	3	3	7	3
JAM	3	2	4	1

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Matches

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Summary

Line-up

JPN1

FRA16

JPN2

FRA4

JPN3

FRA5

JPN4

FRA6

JPN5

FRA7

JPN6

FRA9

JPN7

FRA10

JPN8

FRA11

JPN12

FRA12

JPN13

FRA13

JPN20

FRA21

Substitute(s)

JPN18

FRA1

JPN21

FRA19

JPN9

FRA2

JPN10

FRA3

JPN11

FRA8

JPN14

FRA14

JPN15

FRA15

JPN16

FRA17

JPN17

FRA18

JPN19

FRA20

Coaches

Officials

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