On Sunday 3 November, the U-19 Japan Women's National Team played their third group stage match of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship Thailand 2019, against the U-19 China PR Women's National Team.
With their advancement to the final round at stake, Japan started INO Maya in goal with the defence line of FUNAKI Nodoka, GOTO Wakaba, TAKAHASHI Hana, and TOMIOKA Chihiro. While NAKAO Momo and KANNO Oto played as the defensive midfielders, TAKIZAWA Chise and MORITA Misaki were placed in the flanks. OSAWA Haruka and KATO Momo were named as the two forwards playing upfront.
The opening goal was scored by Japan in the 10th minute, when Morita delivered a pass towards Kato, who made a run towards the goal and calmly converted the opportunity to make it 1-0 for Japan......
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10MA TOPICS! [JAPAN FA] U-19 Japan Women's National Team advance to Semi-finals with win over China PR - AFC U-19 Women's Championship Thailand 2019
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