Football
Japan vs Russia. FIFA World Cup Group H.
8:30pm, Sunday 9th June 2002.
YOKOHOMAAttendance: Attendance66,108.
Match ends, Japan 1, Russia 0.
Second Half ends, Japan 1, Russia 0.
Andrey Solomatin (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan).
Masashi Nakayama (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Viktor Onopko (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Masashi Nakayama (Japan).
Attempt missed. Dmitri Khokhlov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Andrey Solomatin.
Foul by Igor Semshov (Russia).
Tomokazu Myojin (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Egor Titov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Takashi Fukunishi (Japan).
Valery Karpin (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Japan. Takashi Fukunishi replaces Junichi Inamoto.
Attempt missed. Egor Titov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dmitri Khokhlov.
Attempt saved. Dmitri Sychev (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Yuri Kovtun (Russia).
Masashi Nakayama (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Yuri Nikiforov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Igor Semshov.
Foul by Junichi Inamoto (Japan).
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Igor Semshov (Russia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dmitri Khokhlov with a cross.
Attempt missed. Egor Titov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Tsuneyasu Miyamoto.
Attempt blocked. Dmitri Sychev (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Igor Semshov.
Foul by Toshihiro Hattori (Japan).
Attempt saved. Dmitri Khokhlov (Russia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valery Karpin.
Yuri Nikiforov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Japan. Toshihiro Hattori replaces Shinji Ono.
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dmitri Sychev (Russia).
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Igor Semshov.
Substitution, Japan. Masashi Nakayama replaces Takayuki Suzuki.
Junichi Inamoto (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Andrey Solomatin (Russia).
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Shinji Ono.
Koji Nakata (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Valery Karpin (Russia).
Attempt saved. Dmitri Sychev (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Yuri Nikiforov.
Attempt missed. Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Atsushi Yanagisawa.
Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Yuri Kovtun (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andrey Solomatin (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan).
Attempt missed. Dmitri Sychev (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Hidetoshi Nakata.
Attempt missed. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
Dmitri Khokhlov (Russia) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Yuri Nikiforov (Russia).
Junichi Inamoto (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Vladimir Beschastnykh (Russia).
Attempt missed. Vladimir Beschastnykh (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dmitri Khokhlov with a headed pass.
Substitution, Russia. Vladimir Beschastnykh replaces Aleksey Smertin.
Attempt missed. Egor Titov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Viktor Onopko.
Yuri Kovtun (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Dmitri Sychev (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valery Karpin.
Naoki Matsuda (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aleksey Smertin (Russia).
Substitution, Russia. Dmitri Khokhlov replaces Marat Izmaylov.
Goal! Japan 1, Russia 0. Junichi Inamoto (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Atsushi Yanagisawa with a through ball following a set piece situation.
Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Russia. Egor Titov is caught offside.
Foul by Shinji Ono (Japan).
Valery Karpin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Marat Izmaylov (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Valery Karpin.
Second Half begins Japan 0, Russia 0.
Substitution, Russia. Dmitri Sychev replaces Rouslan Pimenov.
First Half ends, Japan 0, Russia 0.
Hand ball by Takayuki Suzuki (Japan).
Offside, Russia. Igor Semshov is caught offside.
Foul by Takayuki Suzuki (Japan).
Yuri Nikiforov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Koji Nakata (Japan).
Valery Karpin (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rouslan Pimenov (Russia).
Naoki Matsuda (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Koji Nakata (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt missed. Yuri Nikiforov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Kazuyuki Toda.
Offside, Japan. Takayuki Suzuki is caught offside.
Andrey Solomatin (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Shinji Ono (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Seigo Narazaki (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Junichi Inamoto.
Offside, Russia. Marat Izmaylov is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Marat Izmaylov (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kazuyuki Toda (Japan).
Aleksey Smertin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andrey Solomatin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Yuri Nikiforov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Rouslan Pimenov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Japan).
Attempt missed. Marat Izmaylov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Egor Titov.
Rouslan Pimenov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Naoki Matsuda (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Aleksey Smertin (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Egor Titov.
Rouslan Pimenov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tomokazu Myojin (Japan).
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Junichi Inamoto (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Naoki Matsuda.
Foul by Egor Titov (Russia).
Tomokazu Myojin (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Igor Semshov (Russia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rouslan Pimenov with a cross.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
