Football
Japan vs Poland. FIFA World Cup Group H.
3:00pm, Thursday 28th June 2018.
Volgograd ArenaAttendance: Attendance42,189.
Match ends, Japan 0, Poland 1.
Second Half ends, Japan 0, Poland 1.
Corner, Poland. Conceded by Yuya Osako.
Attempt blocked. Artur Jedrzejczyk (Poland) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamil Grosicki with a cross.
Substitution, Japan. Makoto Hasebe replaces Yoshinori Muto.
Corner, Poland. Conceded by Eiji Kawashima.
Substitution, Poland. Slawomir Peszko replaces Rafal Kurzawa.
Substitution, Poland. Lukasz Teodorczyk replaces Piotr Zielinski.
Attempt missed. Kamil Glik (Poland) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kamil Grosicki with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Poland. Conceded by Tomoaki Makino.
Foul by Hotaru Yamaguchi (Japan).
Jacek Góralski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kamil Grosicki following a fast break.
Attempt missed. Maya Yoshida (Japan) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gaku Shibasaki with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
Foul by Gaku Shibasaki (Japan).
Bartosz Bereszynski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Artur Jedrzejczyk.
Yuya Osako (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Artur Jedrzejczyk (Poland).
Tomoaki Makino (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tomoaki Makino (Japan).
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Japan. Takashi Inui replaces Takashi Usami.
Offside, Japan. Hiroki Sakai is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
Foul by Yuya Osako (Japan).
Kamil Glik (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Takashi Usami (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Goal! Japan 0, Poland 1. Jan Bednarek (Poland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rafal Kurzawa following a set piece situation.
Rafal Kurzawa (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Tomoaki Makino (Japan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Attempt missed. Yoshinori Muto (Japan) with an attempt from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gaku Shibasaki with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Kamil Glik.
Attempt blocked. Takashi Usami (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuya Osako.
Foul by Bartosz Bereszynski (Poland).
Yuya Osako (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Takashi Usami (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Japan. Yuya Osako replaces Shinji Okazaki because of an injury.
Second Half begins Japan 0, Poland 0.
First Half ends, Japan 0, Poland 0.
Jan Bednarek (Poland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Yoshinori Muto (Japan).
Attempt missed. Tomoaki Makino (Japan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gaku Shibasaki with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Rafal Kurzawa.
Attempt missed. Rafal Kurzawa (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Piotr Zielinski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Takashi Usami (Japan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gotoku Sakai.
Attempt missed. Jacek Góralski (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Poland. Conceded by Hiroki Sakai.
Attempt saved. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bartosz Bereszynski with a cross.
Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shinji Okazaki (Japan).
Yuto Nagatomo (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Rafal Kurzawa (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
Foul by Takashi Usami (Japan).
Foul by Kamil Glik (Poland).
Shinji Okazaki (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hotaru Yamaguchi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Takashi Usami (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Gotoku Sakai (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Takashi Usami.
Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafal Kurzawa.
Rafal Kurzawa (Poland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Yoshinori Muto (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Takashi Usami with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Shinji Okazaki (Japan) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Yuto Nagatomo with a cross.
Shinji Okazaki (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Poland. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.