Japan national soccer team cries over VAR decision in match against Tunisia, but Ueda adds point
Quick Look
- The Japanese national soccer team will face Tunisia in the second match of the first round of the World Cup in North and Central America.
- In the 10th minute of the first half, Kiyo Ueda's shot appeared to have crossed the goal line, but the VAR judgment determined that the goal was disallowed as it was just slightly over the line.
- Ueda then scored Japan's second goal.
AI-generated summary
On the 20th (21st Japan time), the Japanese national team, currently participating in the North and Central American Soccer World Cup, played against Tunisia at Mexico's Monterrey Stadium in the second match of Group F of the first round.
Around 10 minutes into the first half, there was a close battle on the goal line.
The play started with a left corner kick by Japan, who had a one-point lead.
Kiyo Ueda picked up the ball that was deflected by the opponent inside the penalty area and fired a low, sharp mid-range shot with her right foot. The ball hit the opponent's defender's leg and changed course, allowing the Tunisian goalkeeper to scrape the ball out at the edge of his line.
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) intervened, but the goal was disallowed as the ball was found to be just over the goal line.
Then, 30 minutes into the first half, Ueda scored Japan's second goal.
In Japan's match against Spain at the last World Cup in Qatar in 2022, Kaoru Mitoma's play, in which he assisted the winning goal by coming back from the very last minute near the goal line, became a hot topic as "Mitoma's 1 mm." [Sakuhei Kawamura]
