| 15.10.2008 | Saitama | Saitama Stadium 2002 | 55 142 |
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Japan | 1:1 (1:1) | Uzbekistan | |
| [18] Seigo Narazaki, [2] Yuji Nakazawa(c), [4] Marcus Tulio Tanaka, [6] Yuki Abe, [7] Yasuhito Endo, [10] Shunsuke Nakamura, [11] Keiji Tamada, [13] Shinji Kagawa, [15] Atsuto Uchida, [16] Yoshito Okubo, [17] Makoto Hasebe | [12] Ignatiy Nesterov, [2] Anzur Ismailov, [5] Asror Alikulov, [6] Jasur Hasanov, [8] Server Djeparov, [9] Odil Ahmedov, [10] Ildar Magdeev, [11] Anvar Gafurov, [14] Vitaliy Denisov, [16] Maksim Shatskikh(c), [18] Timur Kapadze |
| Coach:Okada Takeshi | Kasimov Mirdjalal |
| Scorers:40' Keiji Tamada | 27' Maksim Shatskikh |
| Substitutions:62' in [12] Shinji Okazaki out Yoshito Okubo, 76' in [8] Junichi Inamoto out Shinji Kagawa, 81' in [9] Shinzoh Kohrogi out Keiji Tamada |
57' in [17] Ruslan Melziddinov out Ildar Magdeev, 73' in [7] Azizbek Haydarov out Odil Ahmedov, 73' in [15] Alexander Geynrikh out Maksim Shatskikh |
| Cautions: | 13' Ruslan Melziddinov, 95' Anzur Ismailov |
| Referee:Albadwawi Ali Hamad (UAE) Fourth Official:Al Enezi Atallah (KUW) |
Assistant referee:Al Mehairi Mohamed Jasem (UAE), Ahmad Nasser (UAE) |
