Football
Netherlands vs Japan. FIFA World Cup Group E.
12:30pm, Saturday 19th June 2010.
Moses Mabhida StadiumAttendance: Attendance62,010.
Match ends, Netherlands 1, Japan 0.
Second Half ends, Netherlands 1, Japan 0.
Foul by Dirk Kuijt (Netherlands).
Yuichi Komano (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Shinji Okazaki (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Tulio with a headed pass.
Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Yuji Nakazawa.
Attempt saved. Ibrahim Afellay (Netherlands) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Klaas Jan Huntelaar.
Substitution, Netherlands. Klaas Jan Huntelaar replaces Robin van Persie.
Offside, Netherlands. Eljero Elia is caught offside.
Foul by Joris Mathijsen (Netherlands).
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Ibrahim Afellay (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eljero Elia with a through ball.
Foul by Nigel de Jong (Netherlands).
Yuki Abe (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Eljero Elia (Netherlands).
Yuto Nagatomo (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mark van Bommel (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Keisuke Honda (Japan).
Substitution, Netherlands. Ibrahim Afellay replaces Wesley Sneijder.
Hand ball by Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).
Foul by John Heitinga (Netherlands).
Keisuke Honda (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Eljero Elia (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mark van Bommel.
Substitution, Japan. Keiji Tamada replaces Yoshito Okubo.
Substitution, Japan. Shinji Okazaki replaces Makoto Hasebe.
Offside, Netherlands. Robin van Persie is caught offside.
Substitution, Netherlands. Eljero Elia replaces Rafael van der Vaart.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Robin van Persie.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Gregory van der Wiel.
Robin van Persie (Netherlands) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Yoshito Okubo (Japan).
Attempt missed. Yoshito Okubo (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Keisuke Honda.
Substitution, Japan. Shunsuke Nakamura replaces Daisuke Matsui.
Foul by Rafael van der Vaart (Netherlands).
Yuji Nakazawa (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Nigel de Jong.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Dirk Kuijt.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by John Heitinga.
Keisuke Honda (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Yoshito Okubo (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Yasuhito Endo.
Attempt saved. Yoshito Okubo (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Keisuke Honda.
Goal! Netherlands 1, Japan 0. Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Yuichi Komano.
Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Tulio.
Foul by Tulio (Japan).
Attempt missed. Robin van Persie (Netherlands) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mark van Bommel with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Robin van Persie (Netherlands) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni van Bronckhorst with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Robin van Persie.
Second Half begins Netherlands 0, Japan 0.
First Half ends, Netherlands 0, Japan 0.
Attempt saved. Rafael van der Vaart (Netherlands) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dirk Kuijt.
Gregory van der Wiel (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Keisuke Honda (Japan).
Attempt missed. Keisuke Honda (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Yoshito Okubo (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Daisuke Matsui (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yasuhito Endo.
Attempt missed. Tulio (Japan) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Yasuhito Endo with a cross following a set piece situation.
Gregory van der Wiel (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gregory van der Wiel (Netherlands).
Daisuke Matsui (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Keisuke Honda (Japan) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yasuhito Endo with a cross following a set piece situation.
Rafael van der Vaart (Netherlands) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Yuichi Komano (Japan).
Yuji Nakazawa (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robin van Persie (Netherlands).
Offside, Japan. Yoshito Okubo is caught offside.
Tulio (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).
Foul by Yuto Nagatomo (Japan).
Attempt missed. Yuto Nagatomo (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Daisuke Matsui.
Attempt missed. Dirk Kuijt (Netherlands) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Yuichi Komano (Japan).
Robin van Persie (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daisuke Matsui (Japan).
Mark van Bommel (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Yuto Nagatomo.
Foul by Mark van Bommel (Netherlands).
Rafael van der Vaart (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Makoto Hasebe (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
