Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Tehran: Keisuke Honda has admitted that although he was not satisfied with Japan’s performance in their 1-1 draw with Iraq in Group B of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 qualifiers on Tuesday, a draw was a fair result.
The Samurai Blue went into the game knowing a win would move them three points clear of Saudi Arabia and Australia at the top of the standings and they took the lead early on through Yuya Osako.
But in stifling hot conditions at Tehran’s PAS Stadium, Iraq came back into the game after the interval and Mahdi Kamil leveled on 72 minutes to leave Japan just a point ahead of the chasing pack with two games remaining.
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