Japan 'sows sorrow' for Spain at World Cup

The Japanese and Spanish women's teams have both already secured tickets to the round of 16 of the 2023 Women's World Cup. Therefore, the confrontation on July 31 is only to determine the top spot in Group C.

In the last 4 confrontations, the "bullfighting country" women's team has been undefeated against the Japanese girls. Of these, they won all 3 matches and only had to share points with their opponents in 1 match.

Before this match, Spain was predicted to repeat the scenario of winning big against Japan. However, the match's development was surprising right from the first half.

Both teams started the game very proactively, but Japan was the team that opened the score thanks to Hinata Miyazawa's accurate shot in the 12th minute.

Miyazawa scored twice in Japan's win (Photo: Getty)

Spain controlled the ball well but their coordination was disjointed in the final moments. On the contrary, Japan always made the most of rare opportunities.

That's why the Asian representative continued to double the gap thanks to Riko Ukei in the 29th minute, her shot hit the Spanish defender's leg before the ball bounced into goalkeeper Misa 's net.

Trailing by 2 goals, Spain became more "impatient", they started to change their tactics with continuous crosses from the sidelines to take advantage of their height. However, everything was still ineffective.

Continuing their momentum, the Japanese girls once again made Spain falter. In the 40th minute, receiving a pass from her teammate, Miyazawa rushed forward to finish, completing her double and raising the score to 3-0 for Japan.

In the second half, Spain had a few dangerous moves but lacked precision and a bit of luck. They also could not penetrate Japan's solid defense.

With only 8 minutes left in regulation time, Tanaka passed 2 Spanish players and fired a beautiful diagonal shot to raise the score to 4-0 for Japan.

All of Spain's efforts in the final minutes of the match seemed to be in vain. In the end, the match ended with a score of 4-0 in favor of Japan.

This result helped the Japanese women's team win first place in Group C and meet Norway in the round of 16. Meanwhile, Spain ranked second and met Switzerland.

Trong An (synthesis)

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