Group FFull time
Final · Jun 14
Goals
1 goal — watch every replay below
- 64'Crysencio SummervilleGoal of the match▲ 1.5k
The market saw itImplied · model line
The stakes
Full time: Netherlands 2-2 Japan — a Group F result now baked into the table.
- storylineJapan's giant-killers strike againDid it again: twice came from behind to draw the fancied Netherlands 2-2 (June 14), Kamada's 89th-minute header completing the comeback. A statement point — though it left them 2nd in Group F behind a rampant Sweden (5-1 winners).
The two sides
NetherlandsThe best team never to win it
Soccer's most beautiful heartbreak under Koeman, finally looking the part again — three finals of pedigree and a squad that can take your breath away when it flows.
JapanFamous for upsetting the big boys
The serial giant-killers who beat Germany AND Spain last time, out-organizing and out-working everyone, clawing a draw from the Dutch with a last-gasp goal. Adopt them to look smart.
Who plays where
Netherlands
- Liverpool ×2Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo
- BarcelonaFrenkie de Jong
- CorinthiansMemphis Depay
- InterDenzel Dumfries
- Leeds UnitedCrysencio Summerville
- Man CityNathan Aké
Japan
- BrightonKaoru Mitoma
- Crystal PalaceDaichi Kamada
- Eintracht FrankfurtRitsu Doan
- FC TokyoYuto Nagatomo
- Real SociedadTakefusa Kubo
- ReimsKeito Nakamura