{"id":28556,"date":"2024-06-07T12:49:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T03:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=28556"},"modified":"2024-06-07T12:49:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T03:49:26","slug":"japan-thrash-myanmar-in-yangon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2024\/06\/07\/japan-thrash-myanmar-in-yangon\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Thrash Myanmar in Yangon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan secured a commanding 5-0 victory over Myanmar in Yangon on Thursday, sealing their status as Group B winners of their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hajime Moriyasu\u2019s side took control with first-half goals from Keito Nakamura and Ritsu Doan in the 17th and 34th minutes. A double from Koki Ogawa in the final 15 minutes and Nakamura’s injury-time strike sealed the win, moving Japan to 15 points – all but clean-sweeping their group.<\/p>\n

With advancement to the next phase already guaranteed, Moriyasu made extensive changes from the squad that narrowly defeated North Korea 1-0 back in March, retaining only four players from that lineup.<\/p>\n

Among the seven new faces, Reo Hatate had an early effort deflected wide, shortly after Daichi Kamada sent a shot over the bar, as the visitors started brightly at Thuwunna Stadium.<\/p>\n

In the 15th minute, Kamada missed a close attempt, but soon set up the opener with a precise pass from his own half that found Nakamura. The Reims winger exploited the unguarded right side of Myanmar\u2019s defense and slotted a right-footed shot into the bottom corner past Kyaw Zin Phyo.<\/p>\n

Doan doubled Japan\u2019s lead 17 minutes later, capitalizing on a rebound after Kamada\u2019s low shot struck the bottom of the post, reacting swiftly to score.<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Kyaw was kept busy towards the end of the first half, denying Nakamura\u2019s downward header and seeing Doan\u2019s injury-time header disallowed for offside.<\/p>\n

In control, Moriyasu introduced several substitutes early in the second half. Daizen Maeda, one of the substitutes, forced a save from Kyaw in the 70th minute with a strike aimed at the bottom corner.<\/p>\n

Five minutes later, Japan scored their third goal. Ogawa met Yuki Soma\u2019s cross drifting from the right edge of the penalty area, finishing unmarked.<\/p>\n

Ogawa added his second goal seven minutes from time, turning and scoring from 12 yards after a defensive error by Myanmar. Nakamura then completed the rout in injury time, curling a shot from the edge of the area into the net to secure the emphatic win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japan secured a commanding 5-0 victory over Myanmar in Yangon on Thursday, sealing their status as Group B winners of their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Hajime Moriyasu\u2019s side took control with first-half goals from Keito Nakamura and Ritsu Doan in the 17th and 34th minutes. A double from Koki Ogawa in the final 15 minutes and Nakamura’s injury-time strike sealed the win, moving Japan to 15 points – all but clean-sweeping their group. With advancement to the next phase already guaranteed, Moriyasu made extensive changes from the squad that narrowly defeated North Korea 1-0 back in March, retaining only four players from that lineup. Among the seven new faces, … Continue reading “Japan Thrash Myanmar in Yangon”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":27498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,50],"tags":[926,2428,57,107,95,315,480],"class_list":["post-28556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-fifa-world-cup","tag-asia","tag-east-asia","tag-japan","tag-myanmar","tag-slider","tag-southeast-asia","tag-world-cup-qualifiers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28557,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28556\/revisions\/28557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}