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Denmark

1:3

Japan

1:3 (0:2)

Jon Dahl TOMASSON (81')

Summary

Clinical Japan cruise past Danes

Japan made history by reaching the Round of 16 for the first time on foreign soil, eliminating Denmark in the process with a 3-1 win in Rustenburg.

Highlights

Line-up

Denmark

Japan

1 Thomas SORENSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177825.png'} DEN1 Thomas SORENSEN (GK)	(GK) Eiji KAWASHIMA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/198117.png'} JPN21 Eiji KAWASHIMA 21
2 Christian POULSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/186373.png'} DEN2 Christian POULSEN	Yuki ABE $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/188456.png'} JPN2 Yuki ABE 2
4 Daniel AGGER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/227846.png'} DEN4 Daniel AGGER	Yuichi KOMANO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/180928.png'} JPN3 Yuichi KOMANO 3
6 Lars JACOBSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/186351.png'} DEN6 Lars JACOBSEN	Marcus Tulio TANAKA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/210717.png'} JPN4 Marcus Tulio TANAKA 4
9 Jon Dahl TOMASSON $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/154949.png'} DEN9 Jon Dahl TOMASSON (C)	Yuto NAGATOMO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/291372.png'} JPN5 Yuto NAGATOMO 5
10 Martin JORGENSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/168837.png'} DEN10 Martin JORGENSEN (-34' )	(-90'+1) Yasuhito ENDO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177768.png'} JPN7 Yasuhito ENDO 7
11 Nicklas BENDTNER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254120.png'} DEN11 Nicklas BENDTNER	(-74') Daisuke MATSUI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/198751.png'} JPN8 Daisuke MATSUI 8
12 Thomas KAHLENBERG $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/214947.png'} DEN12 Thomas KAHLENBERG (-63' )	(-88') Yoshito OKUBO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/180936.png'} JPN16 Yoshito OKUBO 16
13 Per KROLDRUP $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/214948.png'} DEN13 Per KROLDRUP (-56' )	(C) Makoto HASEBE $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/289027.png'} JPN17 Makoto HASEBE 17
15 Simon POULSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/299431.png'} DEN15 Simon POULSEN	Keisuke HONDA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/233500.png'} JPN18 Keisuke HONDA 18
19 Dennis ROMMEDAHL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/179027.png'} DEN19 Dennis ROMMEDAHL	Yuji NAKAZAWA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177765.png'} JPN22 Yuji NAKAZAWA 22

Substitute(s)

16 Stephan ANDERSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/186334.png'} DEN16 Stephan ANDERSEN (GK)	(GK) Seigo NARAZAKI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/159481.png'} JPN1 Seigo NARAZAKI 1
22 Jesper CHRISTIANSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/179030.png'} DEN22 Jesper CHRISTIANSEN (GK)	(GK) Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/156047.png'} JPN23 Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI 23
5 William KVIST $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/299421.png'} DEN5 William KVIST	Atsuto UCHIDA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/268474.png'} JPN6 Atsuto UCHIDA 6
7 Daniel JENSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/186353.png'} DEN7 Daniel JENSEN	(+74') Shinji OKAZAKI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/286278.png'} JPN9 Shinji OKAZAKI 9
8 Jesper GRONKJAER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/169682.png'} DEN8 Jesper GRONKJAER	Shunsuke NAKAMURA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177773.png'} JPN10 Shunsuke NAKAMURA 10
14 Jakob POULSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254112.png'} DEN14 Jakob POULSEN (+34')	Keiji TAMADA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/211976.png'} JPN11 Keiji TAMADA 11
17 Mikkel BECKMANN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/299434.png'} DEN17 Mikkel BECKMANN	Kisho YANO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/185525.png'} JPN12 Kisho YANO 12
18 Soren LARSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/235508.png'} DEN18 Soren LARSEN (+56')	Daiki IWAMASA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/295190.png'} JPN13 Daiki IWAMASA 13
20 Thomas ENEVOLDSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/317039.png'} DEN20 Thomas ENEVOLDSEN	Kengo NAKAMURA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/278116.png'} JPN14 Kengo NAKAMURA 14
21 Christian ERIKSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/321716.png'} DEN21 Christian ERIKSEN (+63')	(+88') Yasuyuki KONNO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/184373.png'} JPN15 Yasuyuki KONNO 15
23 Patrick MTILIGA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/186369.png'} DEN23 Patrick MTILIGA	Takayuki MORIMOTO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/214612.png'} JPN19 Takayuki MORIMOTO 19
3 Simon KJAER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/309962.png'} DEN3 Simon KJAER	(+90'+1) Junichi INAMOTO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177771.png'} JPN20 Junichi INAMOTO 20

Coaches

Morten OLSEN (DEN)

(JPN) Takeshi OKADA

Officials

Referee: Jerome DAMON (RSA)
Assistant Referee 1: Celestin NTAGUNGIRA (RWA)
Assistant Referee 2: Enock MOLEFE (RSA)
Fourth official: Martin HANSSON (SWE)
FOF: Henrik ANDREN (SWE)

Misses next match if booked
Not eligible to play

Standings

Team	MP	GF	GA	Pts
NED	3	5	1	9
JPN	3	4	2	6
DEN	3	3	6	3
CMR	3	2	5	0

"Our team has a strength that others don't have. We are truly united. We wanted to demonstrate that football is a team sport. This was our first objective (to reach the second round) so I am relieved. The players kept going until the end without losing their focus. I am proud to be with such a great bunch of players,"
Takeshi Okada, Japan coach

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Latest Comments:

27/06/2010 at 19:25

geisha_blue (Japan)

I`ll be cheering for you Samurais in Harajuku on Tuesday, woot! Win or lose, I`ll be proud!

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26/06/2010 at 20:46

Tendo_Souji (USA)

That was just incredible. I don't think anyone was expecting that. Still great job from both teams.

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26/06/2010 at 12:58

LindsayZM1 (South Africa)

Thank you Inamoto and Honda for scoring great goals against Denmark. I am a great supporter of Japan since my Bafana Bafana bowed out graciously after beating former world champions (France). Please guys go to the finals. Arigato.

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Statistics

Denmark		Japan
19	Shots	15
7	Corner kicks	2
3	Yellow cards	2
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
56%	Possession (%)	44%

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DEN1

JPN21

DEN2

JPN2

DEN4

JPN3

DEN6

JPN4

DEN9

JPN5

DEN10

JPN7

DEN11

JPN8

DEN12

JPN16

DEN13

JPN17

DEN15

JPN18

DEN19

JPN22

DEN16

JPN1

DEN22

JPN23

DEN5

JPN6

DEN7

JPN9

DEN8

JPN10

DEN14

JPN11

DEN17

JPN12

DEN18

JPN13

DEN20

JPN14

DEN21

JPN15

DEN23

JPN19

DEN3

JPN20

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