{"id":3655,"date":"2017-05-22T10:55:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T01:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2017-05-22T19:23:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:23:25","slug":"photos-japan-u-20-victorious-opening-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2017\/05\/22\/photos-japan-u-20-victorious-opening-match\/","title":{"rendered":"In Photos: Japan U-20 victorious in their opening match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite conceding an early goal against South Africa U-20, Japan U-20 fought back bravely and were rewarded with two second-half goals by Koki Ogawa and Ritsu Doan.<\/p>\n<p>The win takes the Blue Samurai to the top of Group D with 3 points after one match.<\/p>\n<p>These photos were taken by <em>Football Tribe<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0Dan Orlowitz from the\u00a0Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3661\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3661 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/9-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japan U-20&#8217;s starting XI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3657\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3657 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plenty of Japanese fans travelled to Suwon to support their team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3658\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3658 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/5-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15-year-old Takefusa Kubo started the match on the bench for Japan U-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3659\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3659 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The iconic Pikachu is also the official mascot for the Japanese national team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3660\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3660 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/7-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#10 Daisuke Sakai in action, surrounded by South African players<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3656\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3656 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#20 Takefusa Kubo, #6 Ryo Hatsuse and goalscorer, #7 Ritsu Doan celebrating Japan&#8217;s second goal of the match<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3653\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3653 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/8-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Japanese players celebrating their winning goal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3662\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3662 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/11-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#20 Takefusa Kubo was brought on in the second half and made an impact by assisting the winning goal scored by #7 Ritsu Doan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3667\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3667 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/3-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#20 Takefusa Kubo celebrating with #7 Ritsu Doan. Kubo assisted Doan for Japan&#8217;s winning goal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3668\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3668 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/12-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japan U-20 moved to Group D&#8217;s top spot after the winning their first match of the tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite conceding an early goal against South Africa U-20, Japan U-20 fought back bravely and were rewarded with two second-half goals by Koki Ogawa and Ritsu Doan. The win takes the Blue Samurai to the top of Group D with 3 points after one match. 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