Takashi Usami for Shinji Kagawa	43
Mu Kanazaki for Shinji Okazaki	46
Takuma Asano for Yū Kobayashi	59
Genki Haraguchi for Hiroshi Kiyotake	70
Wataru Endo for Makoto Hasebe	76
Gen Shoji for Maya Yoshida	83

Substitutions:

Ivo Ivanov for Alexandar Aleksandrov	46
Georgi Milanov for Marcelinho	56
Stefan Velev for Ivelin Popov	58
Ventseslav Vasilev for Strahil Popov	62
Ventsislav Hristov for Dimitar Rangelov	72
Galin Ivanov for Mihail Aleksandrov	75

Cards:

Mu Kanazaki

Cards:

Ivo Ivanov	74	Y
Georgi Terziev	88	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Masaaki Higashiguchi

Goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa

Defender Tomoaki Makino

Defender Yuichi Maruyama

Defender Gen Shoji

Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo

Defender/Midfielder Gotoku Sakai

Midfielder Genki Haraguchi

Midfielder Keisuke Honda

Midfielder Mu Kanazaki

Midfielder Yuki Kobayashi

Midfielder Ryota Ohshima

Midfielder Takashi Usami

Forward Takuma Asano

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Plamen Iliev

Goalkeeper Blagoy Makendzhiev

Defender Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski

Defender Ivo Ivanov

Defender Ventseslav Vasilev

Midfielder Gerogi Bozhilov

Midfielder Galin Ivanov

Midfielder Georgi Milanov

Midfielder Simeon Slavchev

Midfielder Stefan Velev

Forward Spas Delev

Forward Ventsislav Hristov

Comments:

This fixture was a first win against Bulgaria for Japan

7 Japan

Manager: Vahid Halilhodžić

Goals:

Shinji Okazaki		3
Shinji Kagawa		26
Shinji Kagawa		35
Maya Yoshida		38
Maya Yoshida		53
Takashi Usami		57
Takuma Asano	penalty	87

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima

Defender Masato Morishige

Defender Yūto Nagatomo

Defender Hiroki Sakai

Defender Maya Yoshida

Midfielder Makoto Hasebe

Midfielder Shinji Kagawa

Midfielder Yosuke Kashiwagi

Forward Hiroshi Kiyotake

Forward Yū Kobayashi

Forward Shinji Okazaki

Substitutions:

Takashi Usami for Shinji Kagawa	43
Mu Kanazaki for Shinji Okazaki	46
Takuma Asano for Yū Kobayashi	59
Genki Haraguchi for Hiroshi Kiyotake	70
Wataru Endo for Makoto Hasebe	76
Gen Shoji for Maya Yoshida	83

Cards:

Mu Kanazaki

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Masaaki Higashiguchi

Goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa

Defender Tomoaki Makino

Defender Yuichi Maruyama

Defender Gen Shoji

Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo

Defender/Midfielder Gotoku Sakai

Midfielder Genki Haraguchi

Midfielder Keisuke Honda

Midfielder Mu Kanazaki

Midfielder Yuki Kobayashi

Midfielder Ryota Ohshima

Midfielder Takashi Usami

Forward Takuma Asano

Comments:

This fixture was a first win against Bulgaria for Japan

2 Bulgaria

Manager: Ivaylo Petev

Goals:

Mihail Aleksandrov		59
Ivaylo Chochev		82

Starting lineup:

Bozhidar Mitrev Goalkeeper

Alexandar Aleksandrov Defender

Zhivko Milanov Defender

Strahil Popov Defender

Georgi Terziev Defender

Ivaylo Chochev Midfielder

Svetoslav Dyakov Midfielder

Marcelinho Midfielder

Mihail Aleksandrov Midfielder/Forward

Ivelin Popov Midfielder/Forward

Dimitar Rangelov Forward

Substitutions:

Ivo Ivanov for Alexandar Aleksandrov	46
Georgi Milanov for Marcelinho	56
Stefan Velev for Ivelin Popov	58
Ventseslav Vasilev for Strahil Popov	62
Ventsislav Hristov for Dimitar Rangelov	72
Galin Ivanov for Mihail Aleksandrov	75