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On June 14, Beijing time, the 2022 Kirin Cup final, the host Japan team faced Tunisia. In the first half of the game, Kamada Missed an empty goal opportunity, and Takumi Minamino scored a goal but was blown away due to offside; In the second half, Ma Yoshida also sent points first, and then there was a major mistake in defense, Ben Lumzan performed a penalty to break the deadlock for Tunisia, Andani sealed the victory for the team, in the stoppage time, the substitute Jebali scored another goal, and finally Japan lost 0-3 to Tunisia, the runner-up of the Kirin Cup, Tunisia won the championship. In the third place battle of the Kirin Cup, Ghana won the third place with a 3-1 victory over Chile on penalties, and Chile came to the bottom.
This year's Kirin Cup featured four teams, with Tunisia beating Chile 2-0 in the semi-finals to advance to the final, while host Japan beat Ghana 4-1 to advance to the final. Japan and Tunisia met in the 2002 World Cup and the 2015 Kirin Cup, and in 2 matches, Japan won 2-0, japan is currently ranked 23rd in the world, and Tunisia is 35th.
In the 9th minute, Kamada hit a cross near the baseline but was too close to the Tunisian defender and was cleared by his opponent. In the first 15 minutes, Japan, which was sitting at home, failed to produce a shot.
In the 15th minute, Ben Lumzan attempted a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area but failed to hit the target, Tunisia's second shot after the opening.
In the 23rd minute, Tunisia drove a corner kick on the right, which was released by the Japanese defender to the front of the box, and Dräger met the ball and shot directly, and the ball flew out of the bottom line.
In the 27th minute, Takumi Minamino broke through and caused a foul on the front of the Tunisian defender's penalty area, and then the Japanese team sent a free kick to the box and was released by the Tunisian defender, but The volley near the penalty spot of Minamino Takushi was flawed, and the Japanese team could not organize an effective attack for the first 30 minutes.
In the 34th minute, Jun Ito also took a free kick on the right side of the penalty area, but failed to pose a threat.
In the 35th minute, Junya Ito broke through from the right and crossed from the bottom, and Kamada Daichi at the back point faced the empty goal but kicked the flaw, and the Japanese team missed the perfect opportunity to break the deadlock.
In the 42nd minute, the Japanese team picked a pass into the penalty area, Andashi Minamino inserted a single knife directly to face the Tunisian goalkeeper, unloaded the ball and shot low, but the referee raised the flag to indicate that Takushi Minamino was offside, and the goal was invalid. In the first half, the two teams drew 0-0.
In the 53rd minute, Tunisia passed the ball into the box on the right, Andha received the ball in the box and was directly put down by Maya Yoshida, the referee took a penalty, and Ben Lumzan won the penalty to break the deadlock, Tunisia took a 1-0 lead.
In the following matches, the Japanese team made consecutive adjustments and threatened the Tunisian city many times, but unfortunately only thundered and did not rain, and failed to equalize for a long time.
In the 74th minute, Kaoru Mitsuru did not choose to shoot from the defense inside the penalty area, but returned a pass to Hiroki Ito, but Ito's shot was blocked.
In the 77th minute, the Tunisian goalkeeper sent the ball to the front, Maya Yoshida and his teammates made a mistake, directly gave the ball to Musakni, Mussakni inverted triangle back in the penalty area, Filtani directly pushed the big empty goal without being guarded, Tunisia extended the score to 2-0.
In the 82nd minute, the Japanese team counterattacked, and the unguarded push shot of Kaoru Sanji on the line of the penalty area was not powered, and was blocked by the Tunisian defender.
In stoppage time, Ma Yoshida also made another mistake when the opponent counterattacked, and the substitute Jebali sealed the victory for Tunisia, and finally Tunisia defeated Japan 3-0 to win the Kirin Cup, and Japan was runner-up.
Japan squad: 23-Daniel Schmidt; 5- Yuto Nagatomo (52' Yellow Card 87 mins 2- Yamane Shira), 22-Maya Yoshida, 4-Itakura, 26-Yoshiaki Ito, 6-Endo, 8-Genki Haraguchi (46 mins 17-Tanakabi), 9-Kamada Daichi (59 mins 15-Kaoru Mitsuru), 14-Junya Ito (70 mins 21-Yasuru Don), 18-Takuma Asano (59 mins 19-Furuhashi Hengo), 10-Takumi Minamino (70 mins 11-Kenei Kubo)
Tunisian line-up: 16-Damen; 4 - Ali (33' yellow card), 3 - Motázar, 2 - Ifa, 20 - Dräger, 15 - Ben Lumzan (78 minutes 10 - Hambani), 14 - Ledoni, 13 - Fitani, 25 - Anis, 11 - Taha (78 minutes 17 - Jebari), 7 - Mussakni