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Ireland - Japan

Japan was a difficult opponent for Ireland in the first half. They defended stiffly and gave few opportunities away. It took until 27 minutes for Ireland to find a first opening and scored. In the injury time of the first half, the excellent Irish captain Garry Messet scored the 2-0. In the second half, Ireland had much more possession and a clear field predominance. Japan never came close to the Irish goalkeeper. Ireland scored a third goal. Final result 3 - 0.

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Ireland

Name

Class

Played

Goals Scored

Sub In

Sub Out

Yellow

Red

1

Barry, Mark Patrick - GK

FT2 C

60'

2

FT2 C

50'

50'

3

FT2 C

60'

7

Messett, Gary - C

FT2 C

60'

30' +1

8

Naughton, Jimmy

FT1 C

30'

30'

12

FT2 C

30'

30'

18

Merritt, Oisin Gerard

FT2 C

23'

23'

4

FT2 C

10'

50'

5

FT2 C

30'

30'

9

FT2 C

37'

27', 32'

23'

10

Sheridan, Dillon

FT3 C

0'

11

FT1 C

20'

30'

50'

13

FT1 C

10'

50'

14

FT1 R

0'

Head coach: Paul Breen

Japan

Name

Class

Played

Goals Scored

Sub In

Sub Out

Yellow

Red

1

Yanagi, Hideyuki - GK

FT1 C

60'

2

Ura, Tatsuhiro - C

FT2 C

60'

6

FT1 C

30'

30'

7

FT2 C

60'

8

FT2 C

54'

54'

9

Taniguchi, Taisei

FT2 C

50'

50'

13

FT3 C

54'

54'

4

FT2 C

6'

54'

5

FT1 C

0'

10

Motonakano, Yamato

FT2 C

30'

30'

11

FT2 C

6'

54'

12

FT1 C

0'

14

Akahage, Kenichiro

FT2 R

10'

50'

Head coach: Junichi Sano

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