Japan had the biggest win in its history

A triumph that goes straight into the Guinness Book of Records. Japan reached a resounding win on Tuesday, the most extensive in its history, by defeating its Mongolian counterpart 14-0, in a match valid for the Asia qualifying round, on the way to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

At the Fukuda Denshi Arena in the city of Chiba, in the same Japan (where the Mongolian cast performed as local), the team led by Hajime Moriyasu exhibited a notorious superiority, to the point that they already prevailed 5-0 at the end. of the first period. In this meeting corresponding to the fifth date of group F of the continental competition, the German Werder Bremen striker, Yuya Osako, the author of three conquests (Pt. 23m .; St. 10m. And 47m.) Stood out.

Junya Ito (of Racing Genk of Belgium), Kyogo Furuhashi and Sho Inagaki also scored twice. They completed the board with a goal each Takumi Minamino (Southampton, England); Daichi Kamada, Hidemasa Morita, Takuma Asano (Partizan, Serbia) and Khash Tuyaa against their fence.

Japan gathers a perfect score (15 points in 5 presentations), with a balance of 27 goals in favor and none against, to move towards its seventh consecutive classification for World Cups throughout history.

The Japanese representative obtained the maximum win today, as the previous record consisted of 15-2 over the Philippines (1917). At the Sub 20 level, a Japanese team defeated another Filipino 15-0 (1967), in the qualification for the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games.

Group F standings: Japan 15 points; Tajikistan 10; Kyrgyzstan 7; Myanmar 6; Mongolia 3.