Nippon U21		Paraguay U21
By Antos	Tactics	Comologgo
46%	Possession	54%
57%	Play in the half	43%
8	Shots	9
1	Fouls	1
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
4	Offsides	0
47.2	average mark	48.3
solid	Shooting	very good
adequate	Passing	good
very good	Defending	solid

18 minute.
Watanabe plays the ball off with his head. Ichinohe just manages to reach the ball first. Henriquez just manages to reach the ball first. Nakashima wins the ball from behind. Nakashima has a fantastic effort at goal. The ball hits the post.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nippon U21 - Paraguay U21 1:0

40 minute.
Watanabe plays the ball off with his head. Godoy ineptly catches the ball. Nakashima just manages to reach the ball first. Nakashima takes a swing and hits it... Marecos hopelessly throws himself behind the ball. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar.

42 minute.
Watanabe makes an instep pass. Ichinohe approaches the ball. Ichinohe plays the ball through. Nakashima takes over possession. Nakashima takes a swing and hits it...
Missed by few inches.

45 minute.
Wakabayashi cleverly intercepts the pass. Wakabayashi attempts to pass. Nakashima just manages to reach the ball first. Nakashima has a fantastic effort at goal.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nippon U21 - Paraguay U21 2:0

45 minute.
Saccarello comes on to the pitch.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Nippon U21 57%, Paraguay U21 43%.
Nippon U21 - Paraguay U21 2:0

49 minute.
Jacquet plays the ball through. Maldonado approaches the ball. Maldonado makes an instep pass. Saccarello passes, it`s a high ball. Argaña gets his head on it. Nagatomi palms the ball clear.

55 minute.
Maldonado takes over possession. Maldonado passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Argaña just manages to reach the ball first. Argaña shoots. Nagatomi hopelessly throws himself behind the ball.
It was close.

57 minute.
Ré passes, it`s a high ball. Throw-in. Ichinohe throws the ball in. Watanabe takes over possession. Watanabe passes, it`s a high ball.
What a tremendous chance!

65 minute.
Montiel plays the ball off with his head. Maldonado has problems with catching the ball. Ichinohe plays the ball through. Wakabayashi approaches the ball. Wakabayashi has a fantastic effort at goal. Marecos palms the ball clear. Nakashima takes over possession. Nakashima takes a swing and hits it...
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nippon U21 - Paraguay U21 3:0

67 minute.
Gorostiaga wins the ball from behind. Gorostiaga plays the ball through. Ishiju takes over possession. Argaña cleverly intercepts the pass. Argaña shoots. Nagatomi palms the ball clear.

76 minute.
Santacruz takes over possession. We are going to have another corner. Saccarello takes the corner. Gorostiaga takes over possession. Gorostiaga has a fantastic effort at goal.
What a tremendous chance!

79 minute.
Throw-in. Volpe comes on to the pitch.

86 minute.
Henriquez passes, it`s a high ball. Gorostiaga approaches the ball. Gorostiaga plays the ball through. Argaña takes over possession. Argaña takes a swing and hits it... Nagatomi tries to get hold of the ball but it slips out of his hands.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Nippon U21 57%, Paraguay U21 43%.
Nippon U21 - Paraguay U21 3:0