Since the inaugural tournament in 1991, Asian sides have played a major part in the festival of football – with Japan’s victory in 2011 and subsequent runners-up spot four years later and China PR’s run to the 1999 final the most notable highlights.
And within those team successes have been some standout individual performances in which a number of players have achieved legendary status. We shine the spotlight on five of Asia’s World Cup heroes. .....
Homare Sawa - Japan
🙋♀️🙋♂️ Who remembers Homare Sawa's sublime heel flick in the 2011 #FIFAWWC final?
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 17, 2020
🇯🇵 Her 117th-minute equaliser was a thing of beauty & earned her side a penalty shoot-out, which they would go on to win 🏆#OnThisDay | @jfa_nadeshiko pic.twitter.com/z8Zx5oi4Oo
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