India v Japan, 11 October 2006
| Score | 3-0 to Japan |
| Referee | Kee Chan Siu |
| Competition | AFC Asian Cup Group A |
| Venue | Sree Kanterava Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Attendance | 5,000 |
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India
Manager: Munabendra Bhattacharya
Goals:
Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Sandip Nandy
Defender
Deepak Mandal
Defender
N S Manju
Defender
Sanjeev Maria
Defender
Surkumar Singh
Defender
Shanmugam Venkatesh
Midfielder
Steven Dias
Midfielder
Manjit Singh
Midfielder
Renedy Singh
Midfielder/Forward
Pappachen Pradeep
Forward
Bhaichung Bhutia
Substitutions:
| Anupam Sarkar for Deepak Mandal | 14 |
| Sunil Chhetri for Manjit Singh | 66 |
| Alvito D'Cunha for Shanmugam Venkatesh | 84 |
Cards:
| Anupam Sarkar | 34 | Y |
| N S Manju | 86 | Y |
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Japan
Manager: Ivica Osim
Goals:
| Ryuji Bando | 22 |
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| Ryuji Bando | 43 |
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| Kengo Nakamura | 81 |
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Starting lineup:
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Goalkeeper
Alessandro Santos Alex
Defender
Yūichi Komano
Defender
Hiroki Mizumoto
Defender
Yasuyuki Konno
Defender/Midfielder
Yuki Abe
Midfielder
Kengo Nakamura
Midfielder
Keita Suzuki
Midfielder
Satoru Yamagishi
Midfielder
Ryuji Bando
Forward
Seiichiro Maki
Forward
Substitutions:
| Makoto Hasebe for Hiroki Mizumoto | 46 |
| Kazuki Ganaha for Seiichiro Maki | 65 |
| Hisato Sato for Ryuji Bando | 68 |