Japan Routs Tunisia, Becomes First Asian Team to Score 4 Goals in a World Cup Match

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Japan, aiming for the championship in this tournament, put on a goal-scoring clinic against Tunisia. They became the first Asian nation in history to score four goals in a single World Cup match, securing their first win of the tournament.

Jeon Young-min reports.

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As the World Cup marked its 1,000th match in history with commemorative patches on the uniforms of referees and players, Japan opened the floodgates just four minutes into the first half with a lucky opening goal from Kamada.

It was the fastest goal in Japan's World Cup history and Kamada's second consecutive goal in the tournament.

In the 31st minute, Ueda fired a low, fast shot through the legs of a defender to add a second goal.

Japan did not ease its offensive pressure in the second half.

In the 69th minute, a long pass from the defensive line was met by Ueda with a one-touch through ball, and Ito fought off a challenge to score a clincher, widening the gap.

After adding a second goal from Ueda to seal a 4-0 victory, Japan became the first Asian team to score four goals in a single World Cup match.

With this 4-0 win, Japan now has one win and one draw, placing them second in their group behind the Netherlands on goal difference.

[Moriyasu / Japan National Football Team Head Coach: The players did their best in what they needed to do, and I think it's great that it led to this result.]

Tunisia, which had hoped for a turnaround by firing coach Lamouchi and hastily appointing coach Renard after their opening loss to Sweden, fell to the bottom of the group with two consecutive losses, failing to record even a single shot on target.

(Video Editing: Lee Sang-min)
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