Japan 2-2 South Korea
AFC 2011 Asian Cup- Semifinal- January 25, 2011- Qatar
Final score:- Japan 2-2 South Korea ( Ryoichi Maeda, Hajime Hosogai/ Ki Sung Yeung, Jae-Won Hwang)
Japan beat arch rivals South Korea 3-0 on penalties to reach the finals of the 2011 Asian Cup after the scores were tied 2-2 at the end of 120 minutes of play.
Japan vs Qatar
Asian Cup 2011- Quarterfinal
January 21, 2011- 16.25 local time
Final score:- Japan 3-2 Qatar (Shinji Kagawa*2, Masahiko Inoha/ Sebastian Soria, Fabio Montezine)
Favourites Japan knock out hosts Qatar in the first QF of the 2011 Asian Cup. Japan finished the game with ten men ( they were trailing 2-1 to Qatar at one time) and won the fixture thanks to Inoha’s last gasp goal
Saudi Arabia vs Japan
AFC Asian Cup 2011- January 17, 2011- Group B
Full time score and result :- Saudi Arabia 0-5 Japan ( Shinji Okazaki*3, Ryoichi Maeda*2)
2007 Asian Cup runners up Saudi Arabia were playing for pride against Japan but failed to avoid a third successive defeat in the group as they were crushed 5-0 by Japan. Okazaki scored a hat trick for Japan while Ryoichi Maeda netted twice