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FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™06 June - 05 July

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Commonwealth StadiumEdmonton (CAN)
01 Jul 2015 - 17:00 Local time
Semi-finals
Japan
JapanJPN
England
EnglandENG
Full-time
FT
2-1

Overview

Match summary

The Japan bench storms the field following their 2-1 win over England a

Japan edge brave England to set up USA rematch

Japan are into their second successive FIFA Women’s World Cup Final but it took a cruel and unlucky injury-time own goal from Laura Bassett for the pair to be separated.
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Match Highlights

Quotes

"England were more mobile than I was expecting, and we struggled to cause them problems. We didn’t play as well as I’d hoped, but when you qualify, it means you’ve achieved your objective. In the dressing room, Kozue Ando told the players over the phone that she would be at the Final in Vancouver to support them. I think that provided them with the motivation to qualify," Norio Sasaki, Japan coach.

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MatchCast

18:4801 Jul 2015
The final whistle sounds.
18:4801 Jul 2015
90'+RAFFERTY (England) sees an effort go off target.
18:4701 Jul 2015
90'+ BASSETT (England) scores an own goal!!
18:4501 Jul 2015
90' OGIMI (Japan) is cautioned.
18:4501 Jul 2015
90'OGIMI (Japan) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on CHAPMAN (England).
18:4301 Jul 2015
88'OGIMI (Japan) is penalised after committing a foul.
18:4201 Jul 2015
87'MOORE (England) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on IWABUCHI (Japan).
18:4001 Jul 2015
86' CARNEY (in) comes off the bench to replace WILLIAMS (out) (England)
18:3901 Jul 2015
84'CHAPMAN (England) sees an effort go off target.
18:3801 Jul 2015
84'KUMAGAI (Japan) commits a foul.

LYG - Player of the Match

ARIYOSHI
JapanJPN
Defender
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Statistics

Ball possession
58
%
42

Attempts

7Attempts15
2On-Target2
4Off-Target9
1Blocked4

Disciplinary

9Fouls Committed17
1Yellow cards1
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0

Attacking

3Corners4
2Offsides1
18Free kicks11
1Saves1

Line-ups

Japan
JapanJPN
England
EnglandENG
18
KAIHORI
(GK)
1
BARDSLEY
(GK)
3
IWASHIMIZU
3
RAFFERTY
4
KUMAGAI
4
WILLIAMS
86'
5
SAMESHIMA
5
HOUGHTON
(C)
6
SAKAGUCHI
6
BASSETT
8
MIYAMA
(C)
8
J.SCOTT
9
KAWASUMI
11
MOORE
11
OHNO
70'
12
BRONZE
75'
13
UTSUGI
16
CHAPMAN
17
OGIMI
18
DUGGAN
19
ARIYOSHI
19
TAYLOR
60'
SubstitutesSubstitutes
1
FUKUMOTO
(GK)
13
CHAMBERLAIN
(GK)
21
YAMANE
(GK)
21
TELFORD
(GK)
2
KINGA
2
A.SCOTT
75'
7
ANDO
Absent
7
NOBBS
10
SAWA
9
ALUKO
12
KAMIONOBE
10
CARNEY
86'
14
A.TANAKA
14
GREENWOOD
15
SUGASAWA
15
STONEY
16
IWABUCHI
70'
17
POTTER
20
KAWAMURA
20
SANDERSON
22
NAGASATO
22
KIRBY
23
KITAHARA
23
WHITE
60'
CoachCoach
Norio SASAKI (JPN)Mark SAMPSON (WAL)

Match Facts

Edmonton

Edmonton
While more than a million people now call Greater Edmonton home, it has lost none of the small-town friendliness and western hospitality for which it has always been famous.

Commonwealth Stadium

  • Stadium nameCommonwealth Stadium
  • CityEdmonton
  • Year constructed1978
  • Overall capacity28120

Weather

  • Partly Cloudy
  • 24° CTemperature
  • 15 m/sWind
  • 48 %Humidity

Officials

  • Referee: Anna-Marie KEIGHLEY
    New Zealand
    New ZealandNZL
  • Assistant Referee 1: Sarah WALKER (NZL)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Allyson FLYNN (AUS)
  • Fourth official: Stephanie FRAPPART (FRA)

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