Japan also managed to score 4 goals in a single match for the first time in World Cup history.
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Japan is on the verge of reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the fourth time in a row. Japan achieved this feat after easily defeating Tunisia 4-0.
What makes this Group ‘F’ match special is that it was exactly 1,000 matches of the men’s World Cup. Not only this, Japan also managed to score 4 goals in a single match for the first time in World Cup history. This was also the first time any Asian country had scored four goals in a World Cup. Aise Ueda managed to score two goals for Japan. The last season has been excellent for him. In this process, he scored 24 goals for Feyenoord. He was the top scorer in the league.
Hajime Moriyasu, who is coaching Japan in its second consecutive World Cup, has expressed happiness with the team’s performance so far. He says, “The more goals the team can score, the more the players’ confidence increases.” He claims that the aim will be to score as many goals as possible in the match against Sweden as well. Japan has not lost a 90-minute match against its European rivals since 2019.
The Netherlands and Japan are tied on 4 points in this group. The Netherlands are ahead on goal difference. The Dutch team has scored one more goal than Japan. The match between these two teams ended in a draw. The Netherlands will now face Tunisia in their final match of the league stage. Sweden also has a bright chance of entering the last 32. The Swedish team will also have to get a favorable result against Japan.
Tunisia could not improve their game against Japan either, that too after the arrival of Harvey Renard as a new coach. He is a coach who has won the African Cup of Nations twice. But under his leadership, Tunisia was eliminated from the tournament after losing for the second consecutive match. Tunisia fired their coach Sabri Lamouchi immediately after a match against Sweden.
Tunisia became the first team to fire their coach during the World Cup. Current coach Renard said after the loss to Japan, "Our focus now should be on the game against the Netherlands. Losing two consecutive games in a competition like the World Cup is not an easy situation for any team. But we are in professional football, we will fulfill our responsibility until the end."
