Ruthless Japan beat China to move to brink of World Cup qualification
The Peninsula
Xiamen: A ruthless Japan moved to the brink of qualifying for their eighth straight World Cup after beating old rivals China 3 1 away from home on Tue...
Xiamen: A ruthless Japan moved to the brink of qualifying for their eighth straight World Cup after beating old rivals China 3-1 away from home on Tuesday.
Headers from Koki Ogawa and Ko Itakura put runaway group leaders Japan two goals up at half time before Lin Liangming pulled one back for China early in the second half.
Ogawa snuffed out China's hopes of a comeback with his second of the game six minutes later in front of a vociferous crowd of 45,000 in Xiamen.
Japan were playing their first senior international in China in nine years and there is a long history of rivalry between the two countries.
There was a heavy police presence outside the Xiamen Egret Stadium, where around 750 Japan fans were expected to be in attendance.
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