International Friendly Match vs U-20 Papua New Guinea Women's National Team
2016-5-24 (Tue.)- 19:00   Playing Time: 90min. (45min.×2)
Sir John Guise Stadium (Papua New Guinea/Port Moresby)

U-20 Japan Women's National Team　10-0 (6-0, 4-0)　U-20 Papua New Guinea Women's National Team

Scores
2'　KAWANO Juri (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)
4'　KAWANO Juri (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)
13'　KAWANO Juri (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)
22'　KONO Fuka (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)
28'　KONO Fuka (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)
45+2'　MIZUTANI Yuki (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)
50'　UENO Mami (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)
60'　MINAMI Moeka (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)
69'　UENO Mami (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)
85'　UENO Mami (U-20 Japan Women's National Team)

Line-ups
GK: ASANO Natsumi
DF: MORIYA Miyabi, ICHISE Nana, MINAMI Moeka, MATSUBARA Shiho
MF: OKUBO Mai, MIZUTANI Yuki, ANZAI Yuka, SHIMAMURA Yukiko
FW: KAWANO Juri, KONO Fuka

Substitutes
GK: MATSUMOTO Mamiko
DF: YOSHIDA Nagisa
MF: NISHIKAWA Ayaka, UENO Mami, KANDA Wakaho
FW: TORIUMI Yuka

HT　MIZUTANI Yuki → YOSHIDA Nagisa
HT　SHIMAMURA Yukiko → NISHIKAWA Ayaka
HT　KONO Fuka → UENO Mami
HT　KAWANO Juri → TORIUMI Yuka
HT　ANZAI Yuka → KANDA Wakaho

Match Report

The U-20 Japan Women’s National Team played against the U-20 Papua New Guinea Women’s National Team on 24 May.

The temperature was 33 degrees and the match kicked off at 19:00. Many local supporters came to the stadium with Japanese flags. From the beginning, Japan started attacking the Papua New Guinea’s goal.

In the 2nd minute, midfielder MIZUTANI Yuki moved the ball deeply to the forwards and forward KAWANO Juri received it turning her body, she then directly made a shot which successfully found the net. Japan got the opening goal. After the opener, Kawano added two more goals in the 4th and 13th minutes; she scored a hat-trick within the first 13 minutes.

In the 22nd minute, forward KONO Fuka received a deep pass from right wing player ANZAI Yuka and screwed a shot from a deeper spot. The shot successfully struck the net and Japan got their 4th goal. In the additional time, Mizutani’s loop shot found the goal, the 1st half ended with Japan leading 5-0.

Japan continued to attack Papua New Guinea in the 2nd half. 5 players were changed from the beginning of the 2nd half and these substituted players quickly made good plays.

In the 50th minute, midfielder KANDA Wakaho stole the ball and passed it to forward UENO Mami, and then she successfully scored a goal from a deep spot. In the 50th minute, Japan’s corner kick from right wing was headed successfully to the goal by defender MINAMI Moeka. Then in the 69th minute, the right corner kick again; Ueno took this chance and scored the team’s 9th goal.

In the 80th minute, Ueno was felled in the opponent’s penalty area and got a penalty. The shot was once blocked by the goalkeeper but she responded to the cleared ball and smashed it back in to the net. The match ended with Japan winning 10-0.

Coach Comment

TAKAKURA Asako, Coach
Papua New Guinea is the host country of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. We have many new members who didn’t have enough time before to check our combination in both offence and defence, and had this match. As a result we won 10-0, yet we found many issues to be improved such as our shooting and passing accuracy, and defence combination. For the next match against USA on 27th, we will improve these issues and get the victory.

Schedule

*The schedule is subject to change due to the team condition, the weather, etc.