Group FFull time
Final · Jun 25AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Goals
2 goals — watch every replay below
- 56'Daizen Maeda▲ 1.6k
- 62'Anthony ElangaGreat goalGoal of the match▲ 2.4k
The market saw itPolymarket
The stakes
Full time: Japan 1-1 Sweden — 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
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.
SwedenSurprise package with deadly strikers
The dark horse nobody booked — back from missing the last World Cup entirely, now wielding the scariest strike pairing at the tournament in Isak and Gyokeres, and they just hung FIVE on Tunisia.
Who plays where
Japan
- BrightonKaoru Mitoma
- Crystal PalaceDaichi Kamada
- Eintracht FrankfurtRitsu Doan
- FC TokyoYuto Nagatomo
- Real SociedadTakefusa Kubo
- ReimsKeito Nakamura
Sweden
- ArsenalViktor Gyökeres
- BrightonYasin Ayari
- LiverpoolAlexander Isak
- TottenhamLucas Bergvall
- WolfsburgMattias Svanberg