🌪️ Japan hit four: 4-0, last 32 closer! Tunisia out of the World Cup 🔚 | OneFootball

After the draw with the Netherlands, Japan records another positive result and beats Tunisia 4-0, earning its first three points of this World Cup. Renard’s team — who took over midway through the tournament from Lamouchi, dismissed after the heavy defeat against Sweden in the opener — is out of the World Cup. So, a change that did not bring the hoped-for results.

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A completely different situation for the Asians, who with this win can all but secure qualification for the round of 32. Moriyasu’s national team dominated throughout the match, and for the full 90 minutes it felt like there was only one team on the pitch. Japan came flying out of the blocks and struck immediately through Kamada (4'), followed by a brace from Ueda (31', 83') and a goal from Ito (69').

♠️ Japan hit for four! Asian dominance throughout the match

Japan put on a show. With the four-goal rout of Tunisia, the Japanese also set a record, as Moriyasu’s side had never scored four goals in a World Cup match before. The 4-0 win over Renard’s Tunisia is also the biggest-margin victory ever by an Asian national team in the World Cup. 

In the stands in Monterrey, it was celebration time for Japan, with Princess Hisako and FIFA president Gianni Infantino in attendance. On the pitch, meanwhile, the impression left by Moriyasu’s team remains: intense, quick, and capable of finding solutions even without one of its most talented players.

Japan now looks ahead to the final clash against Sweden: a draw would guarantee the Asians a place in the next round. Second place is the stated objective, but the four goals scored against the North Africans are above all a message to the rest of the tournament: this team can become an awkward opponent for anyone.

😱 Tunisia disaster! Defeat and elimination

Tunisia tries to hold out, but the gap between the two teams is clear. Dahmen, one of the new additions introduced by new head coach Hervé Renard, prevents an even heavier scoreline with at least one decisive save in the first half. But for the African side, there is nothing to be done. Despite the coaching change, it has conceded 9 goals in two matches and is out of the World Cup. 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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