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10MA TOPICS! [JAPAN FA] [FIFA Women's World Cup] Round of 16: Late penalty heartbreak for fighting Japan

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June 25, 2019

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Rennes: Japan’s FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 campaign ended in heartbreaking fashion, after a 90th-minute Lieke Martens penalty secured a 2-1 win for the Netherlands on Tuesday.

Japan produced their best football of the tournament, particularly in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to advance, as Martens scored both goals for a Dutch side who will appear in the last eight for the first time in history.

Despite a virtuoso performance from Mana Iwabuchi, who created a string of chances, only Yui Hasegawa managed to find the net for Japan, whose dream of reaching a third successive World Cup final was cruelly dashed......

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