One week before the first match of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan's national soccer team "Nadeshiko Japan" played a warm-up game against Australia in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture on the night of the 14th and won 1-0.

Before the Tokyo Olympics, Japan, which ranked 10th in the world ranking, played against Australia, which is ranked 9th in the world, at the stadium in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, on the night of the 14th as the final warm-up game.



In Japan, which has not played against opponents with higher rankings for over a year, players with a proven track record such as Mana Iwabuchi of Ace and Yui Hasegawa of the command tower started in the starting lineup.



In the first half of the year, Japan had some time to take the initiative by defending from the front line, but it gradually became a development that was pushed into the speed and power of the opponent.



In the 26th minute, a vertical pass was haste, and in the 39th minute, a cross ball was raised from the left side and both were brought to the shot. I survived without giving a score in the save.

Then, in the second half, when the cross ball raised by Hasegawa hit the opponent's hand in the penalty area and got a penalty kick, Iwabuchi decided and took the lead.



After this, aggressive players such as Mina Tanaka and Jun Endo made a chance in Japan, but they couldn't take any additional points and beat Australia 1-0.



Japan will move to Sapporo, the stage of the first Olympic games, on the 15th, and will face Canada, the first game of the qualifying league, on the 21st.

Director Takakura "I want to fight in the Olympics while making corrections"

Asako Takakura said, "I'm glad I had a hard match against a wonderful opponent called Australia. There were some parts that were a little passive in both offense and defense, but I would like to analyze and correct this and fight one match at a time in the Olympics." I did.

Iwabuchi "I will do my best to bring it to the Olympics in a good direction."

Iwabuchi said, "I was honestly not good except for the penalty kick. I want to do my best to improve the condition and contribute to the team. I want to do my best so that I can move in the right direction for the Olympics in another week." did.