| Score | 8-0 to Japan |
| Referee | Ben Williams |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup Asia 3rd round group C |
| Venue | Osaka Nagai Stadium, Osaka |
| Attendance | 44,688 |
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Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni
| Mike Havenaar | 11 |
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| Shinji Okazaki | 19 |
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| Yūichi Komano | 35 |
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| Shinji Kagawa | 41 |
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| Mike Havenaar | 47 |
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| Kengo Nakamura | 56 |
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| Shinji Kagawa | 68 |
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| Shinji Okazaki | 74 |
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| Tadanari Lee for Mike Havenaar | 49 |
| Hajime Hosogai for Makoto Hasebe | 62 |
| Jengo Fujimoto for Shinji Okazaki | 77 |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 72 | Y |
Manager: Alimzhon Rafikov
| Dilşod Vosiev for Fathullo Fathulloev | 39 |
| Ibragim Rabimov for Xurşed Mahmudov | 67 |
| Farrux Coriev for Kamil Saidov | 80 |