Brazil World Cup 2014 Schedle:C GroupC Fixtures,Japan Vs. Greece:
World Cup
- June 20, 2014
- • 6:00 AM
- • Arena das Dunas, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
- Referee: J. Aguilar
- • Attendance: 39485
Japan
0 FT 0 Greece
source: Goal.com
Brazil World Cup 2014 Schedule: Group C Fixtures, Japan Vs. Greece 0-0: The final score in the Japan vs. Greece match is a fair reading of both teams. Greece have conceded goals and are underdogs. Although Japan has a more attack mode, Japan is also struggling to advance in the Brazil World Cup 2014.
The match played at the Arena das Dunas stadium with the following lineup:
| line-ups : | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| [ 4-2-3-1 ] | [ 4-1-4-1 ] | ||
| Eiji Kawashima | Orestis Karnezis | ||
| Yuto Nagatomo | Vasilios Torosidis | ||
| Yasuyuki Konno | Konstantinos Manolas | ||
| Atsuto Uchida | Jose Cholevas | ||
| Maya Yoshida | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | ||
| 46' | Makoto Hasebe | Konstantinos Katsouranis | |
| Keisuke Honda | 41' | Ioannis Fetfatzidis | |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 81' | Panagiotis Kone | |
| Shinji Okazaki | Ioannis Maniatis | ||
| Yoshito Okubo | Georgios Samaras | ||
| 57' | Yuya Osako | 35' | Konstantinos Mitroglou |
| substitutions : | |||
| 46' | Yasuhito Endo | 35' | Theofanis Gekas |
| 57' | Shinji Kagawa | 41' | Georgios Karagounis |
| 81' | Dimitrios Salpingidis | ||
| coach : | |||
| Alberto Zaccheroni | Fernando Santos | ||
source: Livescore.com
Match Commentary:
84' Jose Cholevas crosses in front of goal for Greece, but is cleared at the other end.
84' Eiji Kawashima moves up to claim a ball pushed forward by Sokratis Papastathopoulos
84' Atsuto Uchida of Japan crosses into the penalty area to no avail.
85' Keisuke Honda's corner is too short.
85' Keisuke Honda crosses without a positive result.
85' Konstantinos Manolas of Greece crosses but is cleared.
85' Yuto Nagatomo's shot on target is deflected.
86' Goal kick awarded to Greece, an infrequect call by the ref.
86' Maya Yoshida fouls Georgios Karagounis.
86' Georgios Karagounis crosses into the danger zone for a free kick.
86' Japan gets a free kick.
87' Keisuke Honda of Japan passes
87' Atsuto Uchida of Japan passes the ball.
87' Maya Yoshida of Japan passes the ball but it is interceped by Greek player.
87' Japan takes a throw-in into Greek territory.
88' Yasuyuki Konno fouls Georgios Samara
88' Jose Cholevas takes a shot but is saved by the goalie.
88' Japan begins to counter attack.
89' Vasilios Torosidi plays a hand ball.
90' A Yasushito Endo free kick is saved by the goalie.
90' Yasuyuki Konno sends a ball into the penalty area.
90' Maya Yoshida fouls Ortema Karnezis
91' Fourth official points to the 4mn in stoppage time.
95' Referee blows final whistle.
