3-1 favorable to the Japanese, specialists in crushing after each failure of the rival
MADRID, 5 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Japanese women’s soccer team qualified this Saturday for the quarterfinals of the World Cup, which is being played in Australia and New Zealand, after beating the Norwegian team 3-1, who paid dearly for their mistakes in defense and could not recover in time.
At the Wellington Regional Stadium, the Japanese took the lead by fifteen minutes, and they did it quite fortunately. In a cross from Hinata Miyazawa at mid-height with her right foot, on the changed wing, Ingrid Syrstad Engen touched the ball and diverted its trajectory until it slipped into the Norwegian goal.
It didn’t take long for Norway to tie, thanks to Guro Reiten’s header inside the area, making a good cross from his teammate Vilde Boe Risa from the right wing. However, the ‘Nadeshiko’ conceded that goal well and after the break they took the lead again on the scoreboard.
In the 50th minute, Vilde Boe Risa herself made a mistake in getting the ball out from behind and Japan’s Risa Shimizu stole in a dangerous zone, shooting from point-blank range to make it 2-1. The Norwegian team gradually turned towards the rival goal and Japan sentenced the game to a counterattack.
At 81′, from his own half, Aoba Fujino filtered a long, low pass to Miyazawa’s career, who stood in front of Aurora Mikalsen and scored with a left foot shot from below, hitting the post. At the end of the match, the Japanese goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita prevented Karina Saevik from reducing the gap with her head with a save.
Full of victories for the moment in this World Cup for the ‘Nadeshiko’, who in the quarterfinal round will face the winner of the duel that the teams of Sweden and the United States will experience this Sunday (11:00 am) at the Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne.