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Japan 1-0 Argentina - October 08, 2010 / Friendlies 2010

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Friendlies 2010 - Intercontinental

Saitama Stadium 2002 - Saitama - Japan

October 08, 2010

57 735

Japan

1 - 0

Argentina

Shinji Okazaki

20'

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20' - Goal Shinji Okazaki20

33' - Substitution Diego Militois substituted by Gonzalo Higuaín

45' - Substitution Esteban Cambiassois substituted by Mario Bolatti

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59' - Substitution Andrés D'Alessandrois substituted by Javier Pastore

65' - Substitution Takayuki Morimotois substituted by Ryoichi Maeda65

71' - Substitution Yasuhito Endois substituted by Yuki Abe photo Kunimitsu Sekiguchi

71' - Substitution Shinji Okazakiis substituted by Kunimitsu Sekiguchi71

77' - Substitution Shinji Kagawais substituted by Kengo Nakamura77

78' - Substitution Nicolás Burdissois substituted by Ezequiel Lavezzi

84' - Substitution Mario Bolattiis substituted by Ángel Di María

85' - Substitution Eiji Kawashimais substituted by Shusaku Nishikawa85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Japan

1 - 0

Argentina

Japan Argentina

Team line-ups

Japan

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Morimoto65

Takayuki Morimoto

Japan

B.date07/05/1988

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight Winger

Okazaki2071

Shinji Okazaki

Japan

B.date16/04/1986

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Honda

Keisuke Honda

Japan

B.date13/06/1986

Age24 years

H1m82

positionPlaymaker

Kagawa77

Shinji Kagawa

Japan

B.date17/03/1989

Age21 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

Endo71

Yasuhito Endo

Japan

B.date28/01/1980

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Konno

Yasuyuki Konno

Japan

B.date25/01/1983

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Nagatomo

Yuto Nagatomo

Japan

B.date12/09/1986

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Makino

Tomoaki Makino

Japan

B.date11/05/1987

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Inoha

Masahiko Inoha

Japan

B.date28/08/1985

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Kurihara

Yuzo Kurihara

Japan

B.date18/09/1983

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Kawashima85

Eiji Kawashima

Japan

B.date20/03/1983

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eiji Kawashima	85	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Masahiko Inoha		25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yuzo Kurihara		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yasuyuki Konno		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tomoaki Makino		23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yuto Nagatomo		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yasuhito Endo	71	30	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shinji Kagawa	77	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shinji Okazaki	2071	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keisuke Honda		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Takayuki Morimoto	65	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Argentina

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

D. Milito33

Diego Milito

Argentina

B.date12/06/1979

Age31 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Tévez

Carlos Tévez

Argentina

B.date05/02/1984

Age26 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Messi

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age23 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

D'Alessandro59

Andrés D'Alessandro

Argentina

B.date15/04/1981

Age29 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

Cambiasso45

Esteban Cambiasso

Argentina

B.date18/08/1980

Age30 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age26 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Heinze

Gabriel Heinze

Argentina

B.date19/04/1978

Age32 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

G. Milito

Gabriel Milito

Argentina

B.date07/09/1980

Age30 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Demichelis

Martín Demichelis

Argentina

B.date20/12/1980

Age29 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Burdisso78

Nicolás Burdisso

Argentina

B.date12/04/1981

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Romero

Sergio Romero

Argentina

B.date22/02/1987

Age23 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Sergio Romero		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicolás Burdisso	78	29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gabriel Heinze		32	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gabriel Milito		30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martín Demichelis		29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		26	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Esteban Cambiasso	45	30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrés D'Alessandro	59	29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Diego Milito	33	31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Tévez		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lionel Messi		23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Shusaku Nishikawa	85	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yuki Abe	71	29	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kengo Nakamura	77	29	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kunimitsu Sekiguchi	71	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryoichi Maeda	65	28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Mario Bolatti	4584	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Pastore	59	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ángel Di María	84	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ezequiel Lavezzi	78	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gonzalo Higuaín	33	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eiji Kawashima

Seigo Narazaki

OUT

Yasuhito Endo

Hideo Hashimoto

OUT

Masahiko Inoha

Daiki Iwamasa

OUT

Shinji Okazaki

Takashi Inui

OUT

Yuzo Kurihara

Yuichi Komano

OUT

Yasuyuki Konno

Hajime Hosogai

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicolás Burdisso

Javier Zanetti

OUT

Diego Milito

Gonzalo Higuaín

OUT

Andrés D'Alessandro

Ever Banega

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alberto Zaccheroni

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Zaccheroni vs Argentina

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 2010

Zaccheroni vs Batista

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 2010

Manager

Age

Match num

Sergio Batista

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Batista vs Japan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 2010

Batista vs Zaccheroni

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 2010

Referee

Pawel Gil

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Japan2 matches	General total	Argentina1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Argentina1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 18, 2014					Latest figure on October 08, 2010

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Argentina after 7 consecutive wins in Friendlies (since 26/01/2010). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 10/02/1999

Yuki Abe played his game number 50 in his professional career with Japan

End of streak for Japan after 6 consecutive matches without a win vs Argentina at home (since 31/05/1992). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LJapan 1-3 South Korea14/02/2010

VJapan 2-0 Bahrain03/03/2010

LJapan 0-3 Serbia07/04/2010

LJapan 0-2 South Korea24/05/2010

VJapan 1-0 Paraguay04/09/2010

VJapan 2-1 Guatemala07/09/2010

Overall

VJapan 1-0 Cameroon14/06/2010

LNetherlands 1-0 Japan19/06/2010

VDenmark 1-3 Japan24/06/2010

DParaguay 0-0 Japan29/06/2010

VJapan 1-0 Paraguay04/09/2010

VJapan 2-1 Guatemala07/09/2010

Current form

Away

VRussia 2-3 Argentina12/08/2009

LParaguay 1-0 Argentina09/09/2009

VUruguay 0-1 Argentina14/10/2009

LSpain 2-1 Argentina14/11/2009

VGermany 0-1 Argentina03/03/2010

VIreland 0-1 Argentina11/08/2010

Overall

VArgentina 4-1 South Korea17/06/2010

VGreece 0-2 Argentina22/06/2010

VArgentina 3-1 Mexico27/06/2010

LArgentina 0-4 Germany03/07/2010

VIreland 0-1 Argentina11/08/2010

VArgentina 4-1 Spain07/09/2010

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	11	28
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	7
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	0
2	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.86
0.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.57
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (2 times)

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Takayuki Morimoto	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Martín Palermo
Takayuki Morimoto	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Gonzalo Higuaín
Kengo Nakamura	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Carlos Tévez
Kengo Nakamura	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Gonzalo Higuaín
Takayuki Morimoto	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Carlos Tévez

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

2 gf

9 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

6 ga

Total

6 matches

0 v

0 d

6 l

3 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Away

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

1 ga

Total

6 matches

6 v

0 d

0 l

15 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 08, 1995
Away	4 - 1	June 08, 2003

Latest head to head

August 18, 2004 - Rencontres amicales 2004

Japan

1 - 2

Argentina

June 08, 2003 - Kirin Cup 2003

Japan

1 - 4

Argentina

November 20, 2002 - Rencontres amicales 2002

Japan

0 - 2

Argentina

June 14, 1998 - Coupe du Monde 1998

Argentina

1 - 0

Japan

January 08, 1995 - Coupe Intercontinentale des Nations 1995

Japan

1 - 5

Argentina

Best historical scorers against Argentina

Yutaka Akita	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Kazuyoshi Miura	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Takayuki Suzuki	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Japan

Gabriel Batistuta	4 goals	1992 - 1998
Sebastián Rambert	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Mario Santana	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Juan Pablo Sorín	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Maxi Rodríguez	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Bernardo Romeo	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Argentina

Masashi Nakayama	4 matches	1992 - 2003
Mitsuo Ogasawara	3 matches	2002 - 2004
Masami Ihara	3 matches	1992 - 1998
Takashi Fukunishi	3 matches	2002 - 2004
Koji Nakata	3 matches	2002 - 2004
Takayuki Suzuki	3 matches	2002 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japan

Javier Zanetti	4 matches	1995 - 2003
Gabriel Batistuta	3 matches	1992 - 1998
Ariel Ortega	3 matches	1995 - 2002
Facundo Quiroga	3 matches	2002 - 2004
Roberto Ayala	3 matches	1995 - 2002
Claudio López	2 matches	1998 - 2002