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On Tuesday 13 June, the U-19 Japan National Team played the U-23 Cote d'Ivoire National Team in their third group match of the 49th Maurice Revello Tournament. With the team placed third in the group prior to this match, it was a must win match for Japan to advance to the semi-finals.

The match started with Cote d'Ivoire taking advantage of their speed to penetrate the flanks, while the Japanese players showed great composure to fend off the attacks. In the eighth minute, SHIOGAI Kento (Keio University) earned a free kick deep in the opposing end, which TOKUNAGA Ryo (University of Tsukuba) and IKEDA Shunta (Yokohama F.Marinos Youth) played a designed sequence to setup the shot of Shiogai, but his shot was denied by the woodwork.

Shortly afterwards, Cote d'Ivoire scored the opening goal in the 11th minute, when they intercepted a pass from the Japanese goalkeeper before burying the ball into the back of the net. .....

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