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Japan

3 — 1 Sep 24, 2026 · 03:35 PM IST

Uruguay

Friendlies

Venue Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

Referee Alex King

Attendance 44,070

Player of the Match Keito Nakamura 8.4 83' played

Match Events

12' Home ⚽ Kuryu Matsuki ↗ — 1-0

42' Away ⚽ Maxi Araújo — 1-1

HT

90 + 1' Home ⚽ Kento Shiogai — 2-1

90 + 6' Home ⚽ Ayase Ueda — 3-1

FT

Match Stats

54 46

Ball possession

8 19

Total shots

3 8

Shots on target

16 26

Touches in opposition box

3 0

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

397 (86%) 306 (78%)

Accurate passes

2 2

Yellow cards

2 4

Corners

Lineups

Japan (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI

23 Tomoki Hayakawa 6.9

19 Kuryu Matsuki 8

3 Ayumu Seko 6.9

4 Ko Itakura 6.9

21 Hiroki Ito 6.8

24 Kaishu Sano 7.3

28 Kodai Sano 6.4

10 Ritsu Doan 6.7

8 Yuito Suzuki 7.1

13 Keito Nakamura 8.4

11 Daizen Maeda 6.7

Substitutes

12 Leo Kokubo

2 Shuto Nakano

5 Tsuyoshi Watanabe

25 Junnosuke Suzuki 6.4

6 Satoshi Tanaka

17 Ao Tanaka 5.9

15 Daichi Kamada 7

30 Koki Kumasaka

20 Takefusa Kubo 6.7

7 Yuki Soma 6.6

26 Kento Shiogai

29 Shunsuke Saito

18 Ayase Ueda 8.2

31 Kaina Tanimura

14 Junya Ito 7.3

Uruguay (4-4-2)

Starting XI

1 Santiago Mele 5.1

8 Nahitan Nández 5.7

4 Ronald Araujo 6.8

16 Mathías Olivera 5.7

25 Juan Sanabria 6.3

18 Brian Rodríguez 6.3

14 Lucas Torreira 6.5

6 Rodrigo Bentancur 6.7

20 Maxi Araújo 8.2

9 Darwin Núñez 6.9

21 Federico Viñas 6.9

Substitutes

23 Cristopher Fiermarín

12 Thiago Cardozo

2 José Giménez 6

24 Juan Rodríguez

13 Guillermo Varela

19 Santiago Mouriño

3 Sebastián Cáceres

22 Joaquín Piquerez 6.3

11 Facundo Pellistri

10 Giorgian De Arrascaeta 6.2

15 Emiliano Martínez ↗

17 Rodrigo Zalazar 6.5

5 Facundo Bernal 6.1

7 Rodrigo Aguirre

26 Martín Satriano