Japan's women's soccer team, Nadeshiko Japan, lost 0-1 to Spain, who are in the same group in the first round of the main tournament, in a warm-up match for the World Cup to be held next year.
Japan, ranked 11th in the world, is traveling to Spain as part of their preparations for the World Cup, which will start in Australia and New Zealand next July.
On the 15th, in the final warm-up match of the year, they played against European powerhouses Spain, ranked 6th in the world, in the first round of the main tournament.
From the beginning of the match, Japan dominated the ball with midfielder HASEGAWA Yui as the starting point of the attack, and showed signs of closing in on the opponent's goal. was robbed of
In the 19th minute, forward TANAKA Mina used a through pass from the right side to get in front of the goal and created a perfect chance to make it one-on-one with the opposing goalkeeper, but his shot was blocked and he was unable to score. .
In the second half, when the team was chasing a goal, 18-year-old midfielder FUJINO Aoba used her sharp dribbling to press the opponents high up the front line and invite fouls. It was not tied to the score.
Japan lost 0-1 to Spain after lackluster scoring ability.
Japan also lost 0-4 in their warm-up match against England on the 11th of this month, leaving them with issues as they were unable to score in either of the two matches during their Spain tour.