Match 22 - Japan vs Greece

Match 22 on June 19 at 7:00 PM Brasilia Time

Venue: Arena das Dunas, Natal

Fulltime - It's a goalless draw at Natal. Colombia advances as a result

01:28: Yellow Card - Torosidis hands the ball and is booked
01:20: Substitution - Salpingidis comes in for Kone
01:17: Okubo aims bottom left corner, Karzenis saves it
01:07: Uchida crosses across the goal but Okubo could just shoot it wide
01:00: Great save by Kawashima. Karagounis sets up Gekas header, defied by the goalkeeper
00:57: Substitution - Kagawa comes in for Osako for Japan
00:55: Yellow Card - Samaras makes a foul on Okubo and is cautioned
00:46: Samaras beats the keeper with an excellent shot, but beats the goal too
00:46: Substitution - Endo comes in for Japan replacing injured Hasebe at halftime

Halftime - Greece, who are man down have an uphill battle to deal with the excellent Japanese

00:45: Karagounis immediately makes an impact, crosses to find Torosidis who heads it wide
00:41: Fetfatzidis is sacrificed to strengthen the defense after that dismissal. Karagounis is in
00:40: Kawashima dives and deflects the ball out from an excellent Torosidis shot. That was close
00:38: Red Card - Katsounaris is booked again for taking down Hasebe and is given marching orders
00:35: Substitution - Mitroglou is injured and is substituted by Gekas
00:29: Keisuke Honds aims for top right corner from a freekick, Karzenis saves and holds it on second attempt
00:27: Yellow Card - Katsounaris tackles Osako and goes into the books
00:21: Its Osako this time, shoots it powerfully, just missed the post
00:19: Uchida sets up Okubo, shoots on goal, smart work by Karzenis
00:16: Yamaguchi sets up Okubo, but the shot is dealt by Katsounaris
00:12: Yellow Card - Japan's Hasebe gets booked for a bad foul on Maniatis
00:11: Kone is free and runs towards Japan box, takes a long shot, Kawashima fumbles but gathers the ball
00:04: Mitroglou this time in the box, shoots on goal, Konno blocks it
00:02: Yamaguchi immediately on target, stopped by Manolas

Its Kickoff time at natal

Lineups

Japan: Kawashima, Uchida, Honda, Nagatomo, Okazaki, Okubo, Konno, Yamaguchi, Hasebe, Osako, Yoshida

Referee: Joel Aguilar, El Salvador

Head to Head: Japan 1-0-0 Greece