50′ England 0-1 Japan
Japan are a genuinely good football team.
Ayase Ueda isn’t the biggest but he holds the ball up really well before dropping it off to Keito Nakamura.
The winger, socks round his ankles, cuts inside and finds Daichi Kamada, who sends a booming pass crossfield.
Poor defending again from Nico O’Reilly, who gets caught underneath the ball as he tries to win it rather than standing off and getting goal-side, and Ritsu Doan bursts onto the ball.
The cross looks on but he tries instead to catch out Jordan Pickford with a low shot at the near post. Saved.
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