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On Tuesday 19 November, SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) played their sixth match of the FIFA World Cup 26™ Asian Qualifiers in Xiamen, China, where they faced the China PR National Team.

They had won 7-0 at home in the first leg of the final qualifying round, but this time they were playing away from home in front of more than 60,000 Chinese fans. On top of that, their opponents were on a two-game winning streak and keen to avenge their defeat, with head coach MORIYASU Hajime warning at the previous day's press conference that “this won't be an easy game.”

Japan, who made five changes to the starting line-up that had played against Indonesia four days earlier, struggled to break down the home side's tight defence early on, but gradually gained the upper hand by moving the ball around and making use of the spaces. Then, in the 39th minute, it was KUBO Takefusa’s (Real Sociedad) left-corner kick that broke the deadlock. .....

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