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Aoba Fujino scored her first senior goal for Japan to put them 2-0 ahead against Costa Rica| Hosts: Australia and New Zealand Dates: 20 July-20 August |
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Japan are on the verge of qualifying for the Fifa Women's World Cup round of 16 after a routine win over Costa Rica.
Hikaru Naomoto and Aoba Fujino both scored in the space of three first-half minutes to ease the 2011 champions to three points.
Japan will be the first side to secure their place in knockout stages, if Spain earn at least a point against Zambia later.
Costa Rica will be eliminated from the World Cup if Spain avoid defeat.
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Japan
Squad number1Player nameYamashita
Squad number5Player nameMiyake
Squad number4Player nameKumagai
Squad number3Player nameMinami
Squad number2Player nameShimizu
Squad number14Player nameHasegawa
Squad number16Player nameHayashi
Squad number6Player nameSugita
Squad number15Player nameFujino
Squad number8Player nameNaomoto
Squad number11Player nameTanaka
Squad number7Player nameMiyazawa
Squad number9Player nameUeki
Squad number10Player nameNagano
Squad number17Player nameSeike
Squad number19Player nameMoriya
Costa Rica
Squad number23Player nameSolera
Squad number3Player nameCoto
Squad number20Player nameVillalobos
Squad number4Player nameBenavides
Squad number12Player nameElizondo
Squad number7Player nameHerrera
Squad number15Player nameGranados
Squad number16Player nameAlvarado
Squad number2Player nameGuillén
Squad number9Player nameSalas
Squad number14Player nameChinchilla
Squad number10Player nameVillalobos
Squad number11Player nameRodríguez
Squad number21Player nameScott
Line-ups
Japan
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Yamashita
- 5Miyake
- 4Kumagai
- 3Minami
- 2ShimizuSubstituted forMoriyaat 90+1'minutes
- 14Hasegawa
- 16HayashiSubstituted forNaganoat 74'minutes
- 6Sugita
- 15FujinoSubstituted forMiyazawaat 59'minutes
- 8NaomotoSubstituted forSeikeat 74'minutes
- 11TanakaSubstituted forUekiat 59'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Miyazawa
- 9Ueki
- 10Nagano
- 12Takahashi
- 13Endo
- 17Seike
- 18Tanaka
- 19Moriya
- 20Hamano
- 21Hirao
- 22Chiba
- 23Ishikawa
Costa Rica
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 23Solera
- 3Coto
- 20Villalobos
- 4Benavides
- 12Elizondo
- 7Herrera
- 15GranadosSubstituted forRodríguezat 64'minutes
- 16Alvarado
- 2GuillénSubstituted forVillalobosat 45'minutes
- 9SalasSubstituted forScottat 76'minutes
- 14ChinchillaBooked at 85mins
Substitutes
- 1Pérez
- 5del Campo
- 6Sánchez
- 8Campos
- 10Villalobos
- 11Rodríguez
- 13Valenciano
- 17Varela
- 18Tapia
- 19Pinell
- 21Scott
- 22Estrada
Referee:Maria Ferrieri Caputi
Live Text
Match ends, Japan 2, Costa Rica 0.
Second Half ends, Japan 2, Costa Rica 0.
Riko Ueki (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rocky Rodríguez (Costa Rica).
Attempt missed. Sheika Scott (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mélissa Herrera with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Riko Ueki (Japan) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Hinata Miyazawa.
Attempt saved. Riko Ueki (Japan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hina Sugita with a cross.
Substitution, Japan. Miyabi Moriya replaces Risa Shimizu.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by María Coto.
Fuka Nagano (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gloriana Villalobos (Costa Rica).
Priscila Chinchilla (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Yui Hasegawa (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Priscila Chinchilla (Costa Rica).
Attempt saved. Mariana Benavides (Costa Rica) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Katherine Alvarado with a cross.
Foul by Kiko Seike (Japan).
Rocky Rodríguez (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Moeka Minami (Japan).
Daniela Solera (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Fabiola Villalobos.
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