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Remontada Japan vs Netherlands in FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup·Round 1 Sun 14/6·23:00
Netherlands
2-2 FT
Japan
  • van Dijk51'
  • Summerville64'
  • Nakamura57'
  • Kamada89'
AT&T Stadium (Arlington)69,285 spectatorsReferee: Ismail Elfath
Comeback
Difficulty
56

Japan trailed by one goal, then came back to draw

  1. 64'Trailed by one goal
  2. 89'Equaliser

Why they came back

Pressure after falling behind

From minute 64 to the final whistle: Japan had 6 shots (2 on target), Netherlands only 5.

Changes by coach H. Moriyasu

Ogawa came on for Kubo (75') and assisted, Ito came on for Maeda (66'), Tomiyasu came on for Watanabe (75').

The last 15 minutes

One of Japan's goals came after the 75th minute. It's not over until the final whistle.

Fan predictions

Before kick-off, only 28% of fans backed Japan to win. Almost nobody saw it coming.

The match in one curve

Ahead by one goalLevelBehind by one goal0153045607590HT51'57'64'89'Substitution 66'Substitution 75'Substitution 75'Substitution 75'Substitution 84'Lowest pointEqualiser
BehindLevelAheadJapan goal Netherlands goalSubstitution Red card

Who pressed more?

Each bar is 5 minutes. Above the line: Japan chances, below: Netherlands. Bar height shows how dangerous the shots were
JapanNetherlands04590

Match story

  1. 51'

    van Dijk opened the scoring for Netherlands, assisted by Gravenberch, putting Netherlands ahead 1-0.

  2. 57'

    Nakamura equalised for Japan, assisted by Kubo, to make it 1-1.

  3. 64'

    Summerville put Netherlands back in front, assisted by Gravenberch, putting Netherlands ahead 2-1.

  4. 89'

    Kamada equalised for Japan, assisted by Ogawa, to make it 2-2.

The match in numbers

NetherlandsJapan
60%Possession40%
0.78Chance quality (xG)0.59
10Shots10
6On target3
0Big chances0
5Corners4
524Passes341

Top players

1
GravenberchNetherlands · Midfielder
8.0
2
van DijkNetherlands · Centre Back
7.9
3
NakamuraJapan · Left Forward
7.8
Rating out of 10 based on each player's performance

Fan predictions before kick-off

Netherlands 59%Draw 13%Japan 28%
from 148,554 votes

Line-ups

Japan3-4-2-1
5.7 Verbruggen 6.3 Van De Ven 7.9 van Dijk 6.9 van Hecke 6.5 Dumfries 6.8 Reijnders 6.8 De Jong 8.0 Gravenberch 7.0 Gakpo 6.8 Malen 7.2 Summerville 6.2 Suzuki 6.4 Ito 6.8 Taniguchi 6.7 Watanabe 7.8 Nakamura 7.4 Kamada 6.1 Sano 6.2 Doan 6.6 Maeda 7.2 Kubo 6.7 Ueda
Netherlands4-3-3
Netherlands coach: Koeman Japan coach: H. Moriyasu

Match events

NetherlandsJapan
  1. van DijkGoal · assist: Gravenberch
    51'
  2. NakamuraGoal · assist: Kubo
    57'
  3. SummervilleYellow card
    61'
  4. SummervilleGoal · assist: Gravenberch
    64'
  5. ItoSubstitution · for Maeda
    66'
  6. DepaySubstitution · for Malen
    70'
  7. KoopmeinersSubstitution · for Summerville
    70'
  8. TimberSubstitution · for Reijnders
    70'
  9. OgawaSubstitution · for Kubo
    75'
  10. TomiyasuSubstitution · for Watanabe
    75'
  11. SugawaraSubstitution · for Doan
    75'
  12. AkéSubstitution · for Gravenberch
    81'
  13. DepayYellow card
    83'
  14. ShiogaiSubstitution · for Ueda
    84'
  15. BrobbeySubstitution · for Gakpo
    85'
  16. KamadaGoal · assist: Ogawa
    89'
  17. Van De VenYellow card
    90+1'