Nippon U21		New Zealand U21
EDOv1	Tactics	Nz3ATK
50%	Possession	50%
51%	Play in the half	49%
8	Shots	12
4	Fouls	1
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
3	Offsides	2
45	average mark	46.7
good	Shooting	solid
good	Passing	adequate
adequate	Defending	good

1 minute.
Van Dyk takes over possession. Tsuboi takes the opponents legs away. The harmed player, Van Dyk, quickly gets on his feet. He looks OK! Ormrod takes a quick free-kick. Mitchell takes over possession. Marshall just manages to reach the ball first. Marshall shoots.
What a tremendous chance!

16 minute.
Nara makes a sublime pass. Shimokawa approaches the ball. Anthopoulos approaches the ball. Shimokawa cleverly intercepts the pass. Shimokawa takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

26 minute.
Shimokawa approaches the ball. Nara takes over possession. Nara passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Shimokawa approaches the ball. Shimokawa shoots. Watts palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.

28 minute.
Nakao wins the ball from behind. Nakao lobs the ball high into the air. Nicholas plays the ball off with his head. Marshall just manages to reach the ball first. Marshall takes a swing and hits it... Sugawara miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

33 minute.
Ormrod attempts to pass. Mitchell takes over possession. We are going to have another corner. Foster takes the corner. Van Dyk rises up and heads the ball.
Missed by few inches.

33 minute.
Goal kick. Sugawara kicks the ball away from the goal. Nicholas plays the ball off with his head. Marshall just manages to reach the ball first. Marshall takes a swing and hits it... Sugawara miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

35 minute.
Kurokawa takes over possession. Kurokawa makes an instep pass. Shimokawa ineptly catches the ball. Shimokawa has a fantastic effort at goal.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nippon U21 - New Zealand U21 1:0

36 minute.
following a swift pass, Mitchell attempts to control the ball. Nicholas takes over possession. Nicholas passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Van Dyk takes over possession. Van Dyk has a fantastic effort at goal. Sugawara palms the ball clear.

38 minute.
Santos lobs the ball high into the air. Herbert plays the ball off with his head. Yoshida tries to claim a difficult ball. Shimokawa approaches the ball. Shimokawa shoots.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nippon U21 - New Zealand U21 2:0

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 46%, New Zealand U21 54%.
Nippon U21 - New Zealand U21 2:0

61 minute.
The linesman holds his flag up. Kurokawa is off-side. Dabner comes on to the pitch. Mika comes on to the pitch.

74 minute.
Foster just manages to reach the ball first. Foster centers. Marshall just manages to reach the ball first. Marshall has a fantastic effort at goal. Sugawara makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nippon U21 - New Zealand U21 2:1

77 minute.
Nakao passes, it`s a high ball. Yoshida just manages to reach the ball first. Nicholas lobs the ball high into the air. Van Dyk just manages to reach the ball first. Van Dyk shoots.
It was close.

86 minute.
Woodhams centers. Here comes Nicholas, having a little trouble catching the ball. Nicholas centers. Marshall just manages to reach the ball first. Marshall has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

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 56%, New Zealand U21 44%.
Nippon U21 - New Zealand U21 2:1