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Japan - Turkey Live

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Japan 0 - Turkey 1
12th min. Scorer: Umit Davala for Turkey.

Time Live commentary
00.93 Highlights: Japan had more of the ball in the second half, attacked more often but were let down by poor finishing. Turkey preferred to sit back and defend, attacking only on the counter. Turkey defended resolutely to hold on to its early goal.
00.93 Turkey advance to the quarter finals, where they meet Senegal.
00.93 Ref, Pierluigi Collina blows the final whistle.
00.91 Turkey playing for the final whistle.
00.91 Into injury time. 3 mins added.
00.90 Corner taken, goal kick given for pushing in the box.
00.90 Ono takes it, cleared for a corner.
00.90 Free kick for Japan on the right side of the box.
00.90 Hakan Sukur given a yellow card for an infringement.
00.90 Sub for Turkey. Mansiz comes in for Basturk.
00.89 Japan throw everybody into attack, Ono shoots over from the top of the box.
00.88 Matsuda gets a cross at the top of the box, shoots; comes off defender for goalkeeper, Rustu to collect.
00.87 Turkey counter attack, foiled in the box.
00.85 Sub for Japan. Morishima comes in for Ichikawa.
00.85 Sub for Turkey. Tayfur comes in for Hasan Sas.
00.84 Turkey have withstood a desperate Japanese fightback.
00.83 Free kick for Turkey, on the left. Long, cleared away.
00.81 Nakata passes it, long ball into the goal mouth. Collected by goalkeeper, Rustu.
00.80 Japan attack relentlessly. Get a corner.
00.79 H. Nakata passes to Nishizawa at the top of the box; shrugs off his marker, shoots just wide.
00.76 Kerimoglu stretchered off.
00.74 Sub for Turkey. Nihat comes in for goal scorer, Umit Davala.
00.73 Match played at a frenetic pace in the second half. Evenly contested. Japan desperate to equalise. Turkey attack on the counter.
00.71 Corner for Japan. Passed to Nakata. Lob goes wide.
00.71 On the counter, Hasan Sas dribbles, darts into the box. Dispossessed.
00.70 Ono swings it into the box, cleared away.
00.70 Free kick for Japan on the left side of the box.
00.68 Ergun drives the corner wide off the far post.
00.68 Corner taken, cleared for another corner.
00.68 Corner for Turkey.
00.68 H. Nakata sends a dangerous through ball for Nishizawa in the box. Long.
00.65 At the other end, Basturk shoots from the top of the box. Just wide.
00.64 Corner taken, cleared away. Japan exert pressure on Turkey.
00.64 Suzuki gets a lovely ball in the box, cleared away for a corner.
00.62 Myojin sends a pile driver wide.
00.60 Long ball into the Turkey box, Mishizawa leaps and heads; straight to goalkeeper, Rustu.
00.59 Turkey counter attack. Hasan Sas breaks through down the middle, shoots for goalkeeper, Narazaki to save.
00.56 Japan going all out in attack, Turkey falling back to defend.
00.52 Japan looking more convincing in attack now. Long ball by Toda, desperately cleared away by Turkey.
00.52 Japan push forward, Nakata volleys from the top of the box, comes off defender; goalkeeper, Rustu collects it.
00.50 Bulent is stretchered off after a collision with Nishizawa.
00.48 In Japan's last group H match against Tunisia, Ichikawa and Suzuki came in as subs - also at half time - and changed the complexion of the match.
00.46 Subs for Japan at half time. Ichikawa and Suzuki come in for Alex and Inamoto.
00.45 Japan kick off the second half.
00.47 Highlights: Turkey dominated play in the first quarter, took an early lead with Umit Davala heading home. Japan fought back late. Alex going close with a free kick rocking the bar.
00.46 Ref blows for half time.
00.46 Into additional time, 1 min added.
00.45 Toda brings down Hasan Sas. Gets a yellow card.
00.44 H. Nakata takes it, cleared away.
00.44 Ono sends a dangerous ball into the goalmouth, cleared away for a corner.
00.44 Alex hacked down by Ergun on the right side of the box. Given yellow card.
00.42 Alex curls it in, rocks the horizontal.
00.42 Hidetoshi Nakata body checked at the edge of the Turkey box. Free kick.
00.39 Japan are combining better, but running out of ideas in Turkey's box.
00.37 Inamoto dribbles on the right, dispossessed.
00.35 Match being played in drizzling rain. The surface took a lashing earlier in the day.
00.32 Hasan Sas gets medical attention on the field. He's now stretchered off.
00.31 Japan push forward, finding Turkey's defence, a hard nut to crack.
00.29 Nakata sends a probing ball into the Turkey box, goalkeeper Rustu rushes out to collect.
00.25 Japan looking more organised now. Toda sends a long ball; collected by goalkeeper, Rustu.
00.25 Hakan Sukur heads a long ball to Hasan Sas who blasts over.
00.23 Hakan Sukur hooks a ball from the left side of the box; ball lobs for goalkeeper, Narazaki to collect.
00.22 Japan looking clumsy in their trapping and ball distribution.
00.22 Ono passes forward to Inamoto, Turkey steals the ball.
00.21 Alpay brings down Alex on the left side of the box. Gets a yellow card. Free kick for Japan.
00.21 Alex is put through on the left, takes a crack at the goal from an acute angle; goalkeeper, Rustu collects it.
00.20 Ono on the left puts a ball through, nobody to intercept. Goalkeeper, Rustu collects it.
00.18 Ergun takes it, cleared away.
00.18 Corner for Turkey.
00.16 The nucleus of the Turkey side plays for Galatasaray, a club which has taken fancied European teams by surprise.
00.15 Alex passes the corner, build a move, win throw in.
00.15 Corner for Japan.
00.12 Corner curled in, an unmarked Umit Davala leaps and heads home. G-O-A-L.
00.12 At the other end, corner for Turkey.
00.10 Corner for Japan. Ono takes it, cleared away.
00.08 Corner passed, ball shot wide; Japan lose possession.
00.08 Corner for Japan.
00.07 Turkey have had more of the ball; been more creative in their forays in the opening mins.
00.06 Umit Davala blasts wide.
00.06 Free kick for Turkey, at the top of the box.
00.03 Hakan Sukur sends a long ball into the Japan box. Too long.
00.03 There has been a heavy downpour before the match. Players will be wary of the ball skidding off the surface.
00.02 Hasan Sas puts Basturk into the box, foiled by goalkeeper, Narazaki.
00.01 Turkey kick off.
00.00 For Japan, Akinori Nishizawa makes his first appearance. Brazilian born, Alex makes it to the starting line-up.
00.00 Alpay Ozalan and Ergun Penbe take their place in the starting line-up.
00.00 For Turkey, Emre Asik and Belozoglu will miss this game, having fetched 2 yellow cards earlier.

Starting line up:
Japan:Seigo Narazaki, Naoki Matsuda, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Koji Nakata, Tomokazu Myojin, Junichi Inamoto, Hidetoshi Nakata, Kazuyuki Toda, Shinji Ono; Alex, Akinori Nishizawa.

Turkey:Rustu Recber, Fatih Akyel, Bulent Korkmaz, Alpay Ozalan, Hakan Unsal, Umit Davala, Tugay Kerimoglu, Yildiray Basturk, Ergun Penbe, Hasan Sas, Hakan Sukur.


 






 
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