00:05world cup finals this summer to finally get underway with scotland of course present for them
00:12spare a thought for the nation of japan that have been waiting since june last year
00:22jime moriasu side booking their spot at the world cup finals comfortably
00:28through the qualifying section barely conceding a goal through both group stages just three allowed
00:35from the japanese international side they have been doing exactly what scotland now must do in
00:42the next few weeks staying as tuned up as possible for perhaps a historic run at a world cup finals
00:55some they've had to wait a long long time to see scotland back at a world cup finals there are
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01:02junks and we get underway at hamland park important surrounding it really when it comes to getting
01:12ready for a hot hot summer of football in the united states canada and mexico scotland looking to at
01:20least find a goal against japan for live and breathe for him and his side coming up this summer
01:30once again gives it away though with that slightly errant pass back
01:37manager since 2018
01:41no one's going to bounce all the way through and miss by made
01:47secco with the long ball over the top just looking for the run down that
01:50halston has to go back another one of the celtic contingent in the scottish national team
02:06shove in the back of dykes wins a free kick
02:10support to danger not clear just yet mcgin lovely ball into the area too and it's off the keeper and
02:17the post and stays out somehow scott mctominay inches away from opening the scoring inside 10 minutes
02:28well it was an important
02:30sugawara
02:32taking the direct route
02:35made
02:37back plenty others waiting but the short corner goes central
02:41it's a decent strike from distance as well tanaka
02:51dite's calling for it on the edge of the area
02:53now trying to make himself available looking to be found as well and just the final group game
03:01of euro 96 in a group that of course had england the netherlands
03:06mcgin
03:12gita plenty of options either way
03:18if you work down the right flank between secco and sugawara but
03:27eventual ball which is lacking that little bit of quality from secco
03:32so across to his left ito
03:40still not been dealt with either a bit of lack of cohesion just for a moment for the scottish defense
03:45mcgin dawdling
04:00ralston committed to trying to poke that one out of the air and made that
04:07just for a moment looked he was in acres of space and in behind the scotland right back
04:19either
04:23just able to cut it out and keep it away from the scotland right back
04:27for jita does well
04:31sano strikes from distance and again just is a
04:36stinger for angus gun nothing more than that
04:40the only thing of note going forward for steve clark's side
04:54i'm trying to hold off three
04:57made there as well looking to pounce on it japan have done well to get it back in a decent
05:01position
05:01for sano's effort
05:04it's dropped right into the perfect spot inside the six yard box as it still
05:12that one's dealt with a little better
05:14sano is tip with it too
05:19another good ball in
05:22lovely ball by tanaka fujita finding room
05:27and he instead tried to one
05:33sort of worry just waiting at the near post a lot far side
05:38ten minutes to go before half time
05:40it's a better ball in that is met by the head of watanabe and then the follow-up from secco
05:47certainly causing a few more problems
05:53sano sweeps it in but safely into that
05:56the thing is it doesn't matter if you
05:59fall behind in these games you can afford to be a bit more adventurous we haven't seen
06:03the zuki replacing rocky ito and shogo taniguchi replacing
06:10came out for half time jack henry wonder if one of those was pushed a little further forward mcgin
06:17steered behind for a corner
06:21you can are a sugar post the shot is encouraged from distance
06:26it's been encouraged all night for kenny mcclain took a ball in by robertson and mctominay getting
06:30there first maybe took it off the head of lyndon dykes who was at a set piece to try and
06:38keep a
06:38chance alive but the first time really we've seen him played in behind that scotland back line
06:47it's a lovely ball with the outside of the boot goto with the effort
06:51sugawara
06:58since the qualifying rounds finished japan
07:03tested their skip pressure lovely ball across as well
07:09mtominay goes down and that's a free kick
07:13conway happy to give it to the playmaker and try and let scott mcthominay get this one mcclain
07:19mcthominay and ferguson all stood around it it'll be the napoli man
07:23he'll hit it and it had to be tipped over as well from zan suzuki
07:31it means so much to him after missing out on those european championships that
07:36a replica of the opening group game against brazil in france 98 as goto trying to get onto it and
07:43gun
07:43quickly uses captain who is very much happy to push forward oh lovely touch as well from the liverpool
07:49man super save from zan suzuki
07:56closed down quickly made a suddenly getting the
07:59kind bounce what can he do in terms of a counter-attack needs more zip-off
08:12it's anaguchi with hands-on linden dykes
08:17yuto suzuki wanting it back they'll go straight forward though to kezuki goto tries to get made
08:22her into it it's better zip on that pass but seco again one too high for goto
08:37pre-kick to suzuki he continues to push forward tanaka
08:44in fact it's from a set piece as well
08:50tipped into no one with the out swinger and into a pocket of space
08:57it's a decent strike from the edge of the area as well but i think angus gunn had it covered
09:03it's so much just standing away from the gaggle of bodies inside the box
09:17an even better run too by ito in behind who gets around the last defender still going ito and maybe
09:24tried to bite off more than he could chew
09:28ito waiting for the perfect moment to pull the trigger rather than he's discussed his own
09:32frustration at the lack of goals in this campaign might be an opener here as it's cleared off the line
09:40mcclain back to do the defensive work
09:52beautiful hanging ball to the far post mcclain gaunt get to it
10:00secco
10:04crafty flick attempt it's a better one however
10:08going to go in again
10:11trying to get it out by tierning and even better to find the crease for hurst
10:17still going george possession japan and
10:22hurst always wanted to track inside onto that right boot called for his nation about three years ago
10:28tanaguchi and friendly against el salvador corner
10:31there might be a chance to finally get the opener here finished off cool as you like from ito
10:38his 15th for his nation
10:42and japan finally break the deadlock it's been towing and throwing momentum
10:46at times in this encounter but the visitors have just turned up the heat in the last few minutes
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