LOGO
International Sign
Search FIFA.com
Search the web
  

Matches

1:0
1:0
1:0 (1:0)
Honda creates history for Japan

Japan recorded their first FIFA World Cup win on foreign soil after Keisuke Honda's first-half goal downed Cameroon at the Free State Stadium.

More »

Line-up

21 Eiji KAWASHIMA (GK) (GK) Hamidou SOULEYMANOU 16
2 Yuki ABE Yellow Card Benoit ASSOU-EKOTTO 2
3 Yuichi KOMANO Yellow Card Nicolas NKOULOU 3
4 Marcus Tulio TANAKA Sebastien BASSONG 5
5 Yuto NAGATOMO (C) Samuel ETOO 9
7 Yasuhito ENDO (-75') Out Jean MAKOUN 11
8 Daisuke MATSUI Out (-69' ) (-75') Out Eric CHOUPO MOTING 13
16 Yoshito OKUBO Out (-82' ) Pierre WEBO 15
17 Makoto HASEBE (C) Out (-88' ) Eyong ENOH 18
18 Keisuke HONDA Goal Stephane MBIA 19
22 Yuji NAKAZAWA (-63') Out Joel MATIP 21
Substitute(s)
1 Seigo NARAZAKI (GK) (GK) Idriss KAMENI 1
23 Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI (GK) (GK) Guy NDY 22
6 Atsuto UCHIDA Rigobert SONG 4
9 Shinji OKAZAKI In (+69') Alexandre SONG 6
10 Shunsuke NAKAMURA Landry NGUEMO 7
11 Keiji TAMADA (+75') In GEREMI 8
12 Kisho YANO In (+82') (+63') In Achille EMANA 10
13 Daiki IWAMASA Gaetan BONG 12
14 Kengo NAKAMURA Aurelien CHEDJOU 14
15 Yasuyuki KONNO (+75') In Mohamadou IDRISSOU 17
19 Takayuki MORIMOTO Georges MANDJECK 20
20 Junichi INAMOTO In (+88') Vincent ABOUBAKAR 23
Coaches
Officials
TeamMPGFGAPts
NED3519
JPN3426
DEN3363
CMR3250
  • Stephane Mbia of Cameroon in the tunnel
  • Stephane Mbia of Cameroon in the tunnel
  • Mohamadou Idrissou of Cameroon and Yuji Nakazawa of Japan jump for the ball
  • Rigobert Song (L) of Cameroon in the tunnel
  • Marcus Tulio Tanaka of Japan celebrates
  • The Japan team celebrate victory

"This match is only our preparation for the second one and we still need to improve. I don’t think it was a great success – what’s important is the next game," Takeshi Okada, Japan coach

Have Your Say

(Total comments 335)


Latest Comments:
footballfaan
08/07/2010 at 11:45
footballfaan (Hungary)
JAPAN:GREAT
Reply to this comment
Tendo_Souji
29/06/2010 at 18:26
Although I am sad and disappointed, I know there will be a next time. It was still a fantastic game, I did not think it would be a draw all the way even during over time. I hope Komano will feel better, no one is perfect right? ^_^
Reply to this comment
BakiBenz96
19/06/2010 at 13:51
BakiBenz96 (Hungary)
Was great from Japan
Reply to this comment

View all comments »

Man of the Match

JapanJPN

Keisuke HONDA

Midfielder
has been elected
MAN OF THE MATCH

Fan Photo

The Fan of the Tournament vote is now closed.
Check back soon to find out which fan is the lucky winner of a brand new Hyundai i10!More »

Statistics

JapanJapan CameroonCameroon
5Shots11
0Corner kicks3
1Yellow cards1
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
44%Possession (%)56%

Related News