Football
Tunisia vs Japan. FIFA World Cup Group H.
3:30pm, Friday 14th June 2002.
OSAKAAttendance: Attendance45,213.
Match ends, Tunisia 0, Japan 2.
Second Half ends, Tunisia 0, Japan 2.
Attempt missed. Selim Benachour (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Zoubaier Baya.
Attempt missed. Hiroaki Morishima (Japan) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Kazuyuki Toda.
Foul by Hiroaki Morishima (Japan).
Selim Benachour (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Naoki Matsuda (Japan).
Ziad Jaziri (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Shinji Ono (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Japan. Mitsuo Ogasawara replaces Hidetoshi Nakata.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Khaled Badra.
Attempt blocked. Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hiroaki Morishima.
Attempt missed. Selim Benachour (Tunisia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Ali Zitouni (Tunisia) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Zoubaier Baya.
Khaled Badra (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Khaled Badra (Tunisia).
Kazuyuki Toda (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ali Zitouni (Tunisia).
Attempt missed. Ali Zitouni (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Substitution, Tunisia. Ali Zitouni replaces Raouf Bouzaiene.
Foul by Shinji Ono (Japan).
Zoubaier Baya (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Koji Nakata (Japan).
Foul by Takayuki Suzuki (Japan).
Riadh Bouazizi (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daisuke Ichikawa (Japan).
Imed Mhedhebi (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Tunisia 0, Japan 2. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daisuke Ichikawa with a cross.
Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hatem Trabelsi (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Raouf Bouzaiene (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Tsuneyasu Miyamoto.
Attempt missed. Imed Mhedhebi (Tunisia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Raouf Bouzaiene.
Attempt blocked. Ziad Jaziri (Tunisia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Imed Mhedhebi with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Shinji Ono (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kaies Ghodhbane (Tunisia).
Attempt missed. Tomokazu Myojin (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Koji Nakata following a corner.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Radhi Jaidi.
Attempt saved. Shinji Ono (Japan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Koji Nakata with a headed pass.
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Imed Mhedhebi (Tunisia).
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Riadh Bouazizi.
Hiroaki Morishima (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Riadh Bouazizi (Tunisia).
Substitution, Tunisia. Imed Mhedhebi replaces José Clayton.
Attempt missed. Daisuke Ichikawa (Japan) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hiroaki Morishima.
Offside, Tunisia. José Clayton is caught offside.
Tomokazu Myojin (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Zoubaier Baya (Tunisia).
Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Koji Nakata (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ziad Jaziri (Tunisia).
Hiroaki Morishima (Japan) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Daisuke Ichikawa with a cross.
Selim Benachour (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Shinji Ono.
Hiroaki Morishima (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Seigo Narazaki (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Radhi Jaidi (Tunisia).
José Clayton (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Tunisia 0, Japan 1. Hiroaki Morishima (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
Daisuke Ichikawa (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by José Clayton (Tunisia).
Second Half begins Tunisia 0, Japan 0.
Substitution, Japan. Daisuke Ichikawa replaces Junichi Inamoto.
Substitution, Japan. Hiroaki Morishima replaces Atsushi Yanagisawa.
Substitution, Tunisia. Zoubaier Baya replaces Mourad El Melki.
First Half ends, Tunisia 0, Japan 0.
Attempt missed. Khaled Badra (Tunisia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Selim Benachour with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Tomokazu Myojin.
Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Naoki Matsuda.
Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Hatem Trabelsi (Tunisia).
Attempt missed. Ziad Jaziri (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Koji Nakata (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kazuyuki Toda.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Selim Benachour.
Foul by Raouf Bouzaiene (Tunisia).
Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Hatem Trabelsi.
Riadh Bouazizi (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Junichi Inamoto (Japan).
Mourad El Melki (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tomokazu Myojin (Japan).
Raouf Bouzaiene (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Tomokazu Myojin (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan).
Ziad Jaziri (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Takayuki Suzuki (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kazuyuki Toda.
Offside, Tunisia. Ziad Jaziri is caught offside.
Offside, Japan. Takayuki Suzuki is caught offside.
Mourad El Melki (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Shinji Ono (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
