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Japan hit back twice to start their World Cup campaign with an entertaining 2-2 draw against the Netherlands.
Netherlands 2-2 Japan was the final score on Sunday, June 14, 2026 (FIFA World Cup).
Goalscorers: Virgil van Dijk (51'), Keito Nakamura (57'), Crysencio Summerville (64'), Daichi Kamada (89').
Netherlands had 60% of the possession against 40% for Japan. The referee showed 3 yellow cards and 0 red cards in total.
Form & head-to-head
Netherlands — last 2
Timeline
17- 51′Virgil van Dijk
- 57′Keito Nakamura
- 61'Crysencio Summerville
- 64′Crysencio Summerville
- 66'Junya Ito↓ Daizen Maeda
- 70'Memphis Depay↓ Donyell Malen
- 70'Teun Koopmeiners↓ Crysencio Summerville
- 70'Quinten Timber↓ Tijjani Reijnders
- 75'Yukinari Sugawara↓ Ritsu Doan
- 75'Takehiro Tomiyasu↓ Tsuyoshi Watanabe
- 75'Koki Ogawa↓ Takefusa Kubo because of an injury
- 81'Nathan Aké↓ Ryan Gravenberch
- 83'Memphis Depay
- 84'Kento Shiogai↓ Ayase Ueda
- 85'Brian Brobbey↓ Cody Gakpo
- 89′Daichi Kamada
- 90'+1'Micky van de Ven
Stats
NetherlandsvsJapan
59.8%Possession40.2%
10Shots10
6On Target3
1Blocked Shots1
5Corners4
1Offsides0
7Fouls7
3Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
1Saves4
463Accurate Passes286
5Tackles10
7Interceptions4
23Clearances32
Win probability
Pre-match odds
Netherlands 47%Draw 28%Japan 25%
Lineups
NetherlandsStarting XI
- 1Bart VerbruggenNetherlands
- 2Virgil van DijkNetherlands
- 3Jan Paul van HeckeNetherlands
- 4Micky van de VenNetherlands
- 5Denzel DumfriesNetherlands
- 6Frenkie de JongNetherlands
- 7Tijjani ReijndersNetherlands
- 8Ryan GravenberchNetherlands
- 9Donyell MalenNetherlands
- 10Cody GakpoNetherlands
- 11Crysencio SummervilleNetherlands
Substitutes
- Mats Wieffer
- Lutsharel Geertruida
- Justin Kluivert
- Teun Koopmeiners
- Guus Til
- Robin Roefs
- Quinten Timber
JapanStarting XI
- 1Zion SuzukiJapan
- 2Shogo TaniguchiJapan
- 3Hiroki ItoJapan
- 4Tsuyoshi WatanabeJapan
- 5Daichi KamadaJapan
- 6Kaishu SanoJapan
- 7Keito NakamuraJapan
- 8Ritsu DoanJapan
- 9Ayase UedaJapan
- 10Daizen MaedaJapan
- 11Takefusa KuboJapan
Substitutes
- Junya Ito
- Koki Ogawa
- Yuto Nagatomo
- Kento Shiogai
- Keisuke Goto
- Yuito Suzuki
- Ayumu Seko