The four-time champions won despite a minor wobble in the middle of the second half when Ayase Ueda’s own goal gave Bahrain hope following strikes from Ritsu Doan and Takefusa Kubo, but Ueda scored soon after to seal a deserved victory.
“I think today’s win was the result of the effort my players and staff put into training,” said Moiryasu. “We had six days to rest and trained very well, we prepared very well to play Bahrain today. .....
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