Japan v USSR, 27 November 1978
| Score | 3-0 to USSR |
| Referee | Nishi Junichi |
| Competition | International Friendly |
| Venue | Osaka Nagai Stadium, Osaka |
| Attendance | 12,000 |
View Japan v USSR head to head
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Japan
Goals:
Starting lineup:
Substitutions:
| Yoshikaza Nagai for Haruhisa Hasegawa | 0 |
| Nobuo Fujishima for Tsutomu Sonobe | 0 |
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USSR
Goals:
| Valeri Gazzaev | 7 |
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| Yuri Gavrilov | 24 |
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| Vladimir Bezsonov | 83 |
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Starting lineup:
Yuriy Degtyarev
Goalkeeper
Aleksandr Berezhnoy
Defender
Aleksandr Bubnov
Defender
Vagiz Khidiatullin
Defender
Aleksandr Makhovikov
Defender
Vasiliy Zhupikov
Defender
Vitaly Daraselia
Midfielder
Yuri Gavrilov
Forward
David Kipiani
Forward
Substitutions:
| Vladimir Bezsonov for Yuri Gavrilov | 46 |
| Oleg Blokhin for Valeri Gazzaev | 54 |
| Yuri Romenski for Yuriy Degtyarev | 75 |