Women's International Friendly: Japan vs Nigeria - Live Update

Emmanuel Oladele Thursday, October 06, 2022

WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

• Thur. 06/10/2022. Japan 2-0 Nigeria - Full-Time

Goalscorer

• Mina Tanaka ⚽64', ⚽68' (P) - Japan

LIVE

Full-Time - And the referee blows the final whistle, It's Japan 2-0 Nigeria.

90+2' Esther Onyenezide replace Deborah Abiodun.

90+1' Glory Ogbonna makes way for Jumoke Alani.

81' Nigeria makes two changes. Uchena Kanu makes way for Flourish Sebastine. Amanda Uju Mbadi replace Vivian Ikechukwu.

74' Japan almost got their third goal but the situation was well managed by Nnadozie.

69' Two goals scorers Mina Tanaka makes way for Maika Hamano. Aoba Fujino replace Hikaru Naomoto.

68' ⚽Goooooallll......Penalty taken by Mina Tanaka, well placed and sending Nnadozie to a wrong direction. Tanaka has scored two in this game. Japan 2-0 Nigeria.

67' Penalty to Japan. Ohale fouled a Japan player in her own area and has been handed a yellow card.

64 ⚽Goooooallll...... Mina Tanaka connected well to Naomoto Free-kick, beat Nnadozie to give Japan 1-0 lead.

62' Free-kick to Japan in a dangerous area

59' Ngozi Okobi makes way for Peace Efih

51' Japan win a corner kick, taken and was cleared by Nigerian defence.

46' Japan makes three changes into the second half. Honoka Hayashi replace Fuka Nagano, Kiko Seine replace Risa Shimizu, Moeka Minami replace Saki Kumagai.

46' Second Half starts.

Half-Time

45+4' It half time, and still goalless.

45+3' Free-kick to Nigeria for a foul, Hikaru Naomoto receives a yellow card for rough tackle. Free-kick struck by Plumptre by saved by the Goalkeeper.

45' Four minutes of added time

44' Yellow card to Vivian Ikechukwu.

39' Vivian Ikechuchwu replace injured Christy Ucheibe

36' Nigeria's Christy Ucheibe has been taken out on a stretcher after a collision.

25' Another superb save from Nnadozie, Japanese forward was left one-on-one with the Nigerian Goalkeeper.

23' Yellow card for Christy Ucheibe for a rough tackle

15' Chiamaka Nnadozie with a wonderful save from an outside 18-yard shot from the Japanese forward.

00' Kickoff

JAPAN LINE UP