Japan beat Indonesia 6-0 in final AFC World Cup Group C qualifier

Already qualified Japan bushed Indonesia 6-0 successful the last Group C crippled successful the AFC qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Daichi Kamada scored doubly arsenic Japan rounded disconnected their palmy World Cup qualifying run with a 6-0 thrashing of Patrick Kluivert’s Indonesia successful Osaka.

Kamada, an FA Cup victor with Crystal Palace successful England this season, struck doubly successful Tuesday’s archetypal fractional arsenic already-qualified Japan finished their run arsenic Group C winners, scoring 30 goals successful their 10 matches.

Takefusa Kubo, Ryoya Morishita, Shuto Machino and substitute Mao Hosoya were besides connected people against Indonesia, who finished 4th successful the group.

Kluivert’s side, who were backed by a ample fig of supporters who had travelled to Japan, precocious to a further circular with 5 different teams to determine 2 much Asian qualifiers for adjacent year’s tourney successful the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The effect matched Japan’s erstwhile winning borderline against Indonesia, which besides came successful a 6-0 triumph successful 1976.

Morishita scored 1 of six goals successful Japan’s shutout of Indonesia [Kenta Harada/Getty Images]

Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu has acceptable the ambitious people of winning the World Cup successful North America.

His broadside volition play friendlies against teams from extracurricular Asia implicit the adjacent 12 months, and Kamada is looking to larn from the experience.

“Playing against Asian teams and against the benignant of European teams who volition beryllium astatine the World Cup is wholly different,” said the 28-year-old.

“As we play these games, we volition commencement to spot a batch of areas wherever we request to improve. We request to travel unneurotic arsenic a squad and flooded these problems erstwhile they harvest up.”

Japan person already lined up distant friendlies against Mexico and the US successful September and volition look 4 arsenic yet unnamed opponents astatine location earlier the extremity of the year.

Moriyasu said his players request to support improving “in each departments” and praised their cognition against Indonesia.

“The situation for the players is to interruption past their limits and grow,” helium said.

“They did that successful grooming and successful the game, wherever they were ne'er satisfied and ever looking for the adjacent extremity and the adjacent chance, which is large to see.”

Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu, left, oversaw 7 wins successful the 10 matches of Group C of the AFC World Cup qualifiers [Issei Kato/Reuters]

Japan mislaid their unbeaten qualifying grounds successful a 1-0 decision distant to Australia past week, with manager Hajime Moriyasu fielding an experimental lineup with qualification already successful the bag.

He started with 2 much debutants against Indonesia, handing archetypal caps to defender Junnosuke Suzuki and winger Shunsuke Mito.

Kamada opened the scoring successful the 15th minute, heading location from a Mito cross.

The Palace guardant turned supplier for his team’s second, combining with Kubo earlier the Real Sociedad antheral fired past Indonesia goalkeeper Emil Audero.

Morishita celebrates scoring Japan’s 4th extremity with his teammates [Issei Kato/Reuters]

Indonesia mislaid defender Kevin Diks to wounded midway done the archetypal half, and his replacement, Yakob Sayuri, lasted lone 15 minutes earlier helium besides had to spell disconnected aft a clash of heads.

Kamada scored Japan’s 3rd connected the changeable of half-time, waltzing done the Indonesia defence earlier tucking the shot implicit Audero.

Morishita volleyed location astatine the backmost station successful the 55th infinitesimal for his archetypal planetary goal.

Machino and Hosoya besides got connected the scoresheet arsenic Japan continued to compression Indonesia until the last whistle.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies