Japan vs New Zealand: Tokyo 2020 Quarterfinal| Kick off time, Live Streaming, When & Where to watch Japan vs New Zealand Live score, Teams, Prediction, Online Channel
Japan vs New Zealand: The Japanese national team will face New Zealand in the quarter-finals of the men’s soccer sport at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Saturday (31/7/2021) at 02:30 PM IST LIVE. The match at Kashima Stadium can be watched on diggingsports.
LIVE LINK to watch Match:
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/
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Match Details:
- Teams: Japan vs New Zealand
- Date: Saturday, 31st July 2021
- Time: 02:30 PM IST Live
- Location: Kashima Stadium
As the home team, Japan has not disappointed at all so far. Japan even escaped from Group A with 9 perfect points after beating South Africa, Mexico and France.
Japan beat South Africa 1-0 through Takefusa Kubo’s single goal. After that, Japan tamed Mexico 2-1 through Kubo’s goal and Ritsu Doan’s penalty. Finally, Japan beat France 4-0 through goals from Kubo, Hiroki Sakai, Koji Miyoshi, and Daizen Maeda.
Meanwhile, New Zealand started the steps in Group B with a narrow 1-0 win over South Korea through Chris Wood’s single goal. However, New Zealand in the end finished as runners-up to South Korea. That’s after they lost 2-3 to Honduras, and lastly drew 0-0 with Romania.
Japan and New Zealand will battle it out for a ticket to the semifinals, where they will face either Spain or Ivory Coast.
Japan squad
Goalkeepers:Â Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Kosei Tani (Shonan Bellmare), Zion Suzuki (Urawa Red Diamonds).
Back:Â Hiroki Sakai* (Urawa Red Diamonds), Yuta Nakayama (PEC Zwolle), Ko Itakura (Groningen), Maya Yoshida* (Sampdoria), Reo Hatate (Kawasaki Frontale), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna), Daiki Hashioka (Sint-Truiden ), Chef Machida (Kashima Horn), Ayumu Seko (Cerezo Osaka).
Middle:Â Wataru Endo* (Stuttgart), Takefusa Kubo (Getafe), Koji Miyoshi (Royal Antwerp), Ritsu Doan (PSV Eindhoven), Kaoru Mitoma (Kawasaki Frontale), Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus), Ao Tanaka (Fortuna Dusseldorf).
Front:Â Daizen Maeda (Yokohama F Marinos), Ayase Ueda (Kashima Antlers), Daichi Hayashi (Sagan Tosu).
*Senior players
New Zealand squad
Goalkeepers:Â Michael Woud (Almere City), Jamie Searle (Swansea), Alex Paulsen (Wellington Phoenix).
Defenders:Â Michael Boxall* (Minnesota Utd), Liberato Cacace (Sint-Truiden), Callan Elliot (Xanthi), Dane Ingham (Perth Glory), Nando Pijnaker (Rio Ave), Winston Reid* (Brentford), George Stanger (Hamilton) , Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix).
Middle:Â Joe Bell (Vikings), Clayton Lewis (Wellington Phoenix), Marko Stamenic (Copenhagen), Gianni Stensness (Central Coast Mariners), Ben Old (Wellington Phoenix).
Forwards:Â Joe Champness (Newcastle Jets), Elijah Just (Helsingor), Callum McCowatt (Helsingor), Ben Waine (Wellington Phoenix), Chris Wood* (Burnley), Matthew Garbett (Falkenberg).
*Senior players
Estimated Line-up
Japan (4-2-3-1):Â Kosei Tani;Â Hiroki Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Ko Itakura, Yuta Nakayama;Â Ao Tanaka, Wataru Endo;Â Ritsu Doan, Takefusa Kubo, Koji Miyoshi;Â Daichi Hayashi.
Coach: Hajime Moriyasu.
New Zealand (4-3-3):Â Michael Woud;Â Callan Elliot, Winston Reid, Nando Pijnaker, Liberato Cacace;Â Clayton Lewis, Gianni Stensness, Joe Bell;Â Ben Waine, Chris Wood, Elijah Just.
Coach: Danny Hay.
Prediction
In the group stage, Japan scored seven goals and conceded only once. All three games they went through with a win.
Against New Zealand, which seems to be experiencing a decline in performance after beating South Korea in the first match, the hosts seem to deserve the win.
