It was another fantastic day at the Home of the Matildas in the IFCPF Asia Oceania Championships, featuring Nepal's first ever goal in IFCPF women's competitions.
Read a summary of the results below.
Goalscorers: Toya Mori (4’, 7’, 24’) Tatsuhiro Ura (31’, 38’, 40’, 48’, 52’, 60’+1) Kenichiro Akahage (36’, 45’) Yamato Motoyakano (56’, 60’), Riku Kono (33’)
It was another tough afternoon for newcomers India, who came up against a red-hot Japan. They scored 14 goals in total, but the score count reflects the IFCPF maximum of 10.
India defended strongly in the first half, only conceding three goals – a hattrick to Toya Mori. However, after four substitutions at half-time, Japan started to pile on the pressure, and the goals started flowing.
The highlight for Japan was an incredible six goals for Tatsuhiro Ura.
You can watch the game here.
India: 1. Deepak Kumar 3. Mohammed Ajnas (11. N Vinay 43’) 4. Naveen Malik (10. Vineesh Madhuppilly Raman 40’), 5. Baliyan Nitin, 6. Pandiyarajan Govindaraj, 7. Rupinder Singh, 9. Sijo George (c)
Substitutes not used: 8. Mohan Shyan
Japan: 1. Hideyuki Yanagi, 2. Kenichiro Akahage (9. Yamato Motoyakano 55’), 4. Hiroki Kameno (3. Tetsuya Toda 31’) 5. Ryosuke Miura (c) (8. Tatsuhiro Ura 31’), 6. Toya Mori (10. Yoshiki Kubo 31’) 12. Neoyoshi Henry Kagayama (13. Riku Kono 31’) 14. Taisei Taniguchi
Substitutes not used: 11. Hiroto Kageyama
Goalscorers: 7. Moslem Mehrabian (7’, 8’, 28’), 13. Amir Mahdi Rahim Abadi (21’), 9. Nattaphon Boonmeema (60’+ 1).
After positive results against Australia and India, Thailand came up against an Iranian team in red-hot form.
A first-half hattrick to Moslem Mehrabian in the first half gave Iran a sturdy lead that they never looked like relinquishing. While
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