Tokyo Olympics 9th Day Soccer Men's Quarterfinals, Japan 0-0 New Zealand = PK4-2 (31st, Kashima Stadium) Japan will play against New Zealand, who is second in Group B. He won the fierce battle that was entangled in the penalty shootout and decided to advance to the best four for the first time in two tournaments since the 2012 London Games. Japan will play the semi-final (Saitama Stadium) with Spain on August 3rd.
Japan created repeated opportunities from the side in the first half. In the 11th minute of the first half, Japan won the right corner kick with the opponents, selected the shoot corner, and developed Doan → Kubo → Hayashi. Hayashi who received the ball goes on the right side and crosses to the far side. Endo matched this, but the shot crossed the floating goal bar. In the 31st minute of the first half, Kubo dribbled on the right side and passed to the near side. Doan, who ran in front of the goal, shot a shot but missed the goal to the right.
apan took the initiative in the second half as well. In the 24th minute of the second half, Ueda and Nakayama replaced Hayashi and Soma, and the flag bearer, who was on the left side back, moved up one position. In the 31st minute of the second half, Hashioka raised the cross from the depths of the opponents on the right side, and the flag bearer who ran to the far side matched with the heading while competing with the opponent defender. However, the shot slightly crossed the goal bar. In the 37th minute of the second half, Doan, who had the ball on the right side of the penalty area, passed in front of the goal. Free Ueda matched with his right foot but was blocked by a good save by the opponent GK Oud.
Entering overtime, Japan introduced Mitoma in place of the flag bearer. The scene where the ball was stolen in the middle stage and the counter was set was conspicuous. In the 11th minute of the first half of the extension, Kubo broke through the center vertically and tried to shoot with his right foot, but GK Oud saved with his foot. In the 12th minute of the first half of the extension, Doan dribbled from the right side to the center and finished with his left foot, but the shot crossed the goal bar. In the latter half of the extension, he replaced Doan with Miyoshi but did not shake the net.
When he entered the penalty shootout without being settled even in overtime, GK Kosei Tani read the opponent's second shot and saved it, and in the third shot, the opponent's shot floated and crossed over the bar. He won the penalty shootout 4-2.
