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
Yuki Abe
Midfielder
Yasuyuki Konno
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 |