Japan beat Iraq 2-1. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 12 shots.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — AFC
   Coach: V. Halilhodžić · Radhi ShenaishilReferee: Kim Dong Jin, South Korea📍 Saitama Stadium
2. 1. First half
   2. 25'
      

      JPN
      GOOOAL!Genki HaraguchiAssist: H. Kiyotake
3. 1. Second half
   2. 53'
      

      IRQ
      Substitution
      ▲Mahdi Kamil▼Amjad Attwan
   3. 60'
      

      IRQ
      GOOOAL!Saad AbdulameerAssist: Ahmed Yasin
   4. 66'
      

      JPN
      Yellow card
      H. Sakai
   5. 67'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲H. Yamaguchi▼Y. Kashiwagi
   6. 69'
      

      IRQ
      Substitution
      ▲Jasem Mohammad▼Mohannad Abdulraheem
   7. 73'
      

      IRQ
      Yellow card
      Waleed Salim
   8. 75'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Takuma Asano▼Shinji Okazaki
   9. 81'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Y. Kobayashi▼Keisuke Honda
   10. 82'
       

       IRQ
       Yellow card
       Mohammed Hameed
   11. 83'
       

       IRQ
       Substitution
       ▲Bashar Resan▼Ahmed Yasin
   12. 90'
       

       IRQ
       Yellow card
       AAAlaa Abdul-Zahra
   13. 90+5'
       

       JPN
       GOOOAL!H. Yamaguchi