{"id":11807,"date":"2011-01-09T19:39:52","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T03:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/01\/09\/japan-1-1-jordan\/"},"modified":"2011-01-09T19:39:52","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T03:39:52","slug":"japan-1-1-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/01\/09\/japan-1-1-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan 1-1 Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JFA\"AFC – DOHA, A stoppage-time header from Maya Yoshida rescued Japan as the three-time Asian Cup champions drew 1-1 with Jordan in their AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011\u2122 Group B opener at Qatar Sports Club Stadium on Sunday. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hasan Abdel Fattah stunned Alberto Zaccheroni\u2019s side when his deflected shot gave Jordan the lead seconds before half time.<\/p>\n

The West Asians then withstood heavy pressure from Japan throughout the second half and it looked like they would escape with a famous victory before Yoshida scored in the 90th minute.<\/p>\n

The start of the matched belied the grandstand finish that was to come with little in the way of action during the early exchanges as Amer Deeb\u2019s free-kick straight into the hands of Eiji Kawashima was the only time either keeper was tested inside the first 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Shinji Kagawa forced Amer Shafi into action in the 22nd minute when the Borussia Dortmand midfielder curled an effort from the edge the area that needed the Jordan shot-stopper to acrobatically punch the ball away to safety.<\/p>\n

The pace of the game began to pick up and Hassan Abdel Fattah managed to get in-between defenders just before the half hour but his shot from eight yards was straight at Kawashima, before Basem Fathi headed narrowly wide from a corner in the 37th minute.<\/p>\n

But Japan should really have opened the scoring less than two minutes later when the ball was played into the area and Ryoichi Maeda wisely left it alone for team-mate Makoto Hasebe to go through on goal, but he drove a point-blank effort straight at Shafi, who was named the Samsung MVP.<\/p>\n

They were made to pay for failing to make the most of that opportunity a minute before the break when Fattah received the ball just outside the area, skipped the challenge of Yasuyuki Konno and swept a shot towards goal that took a wicked deflection off the boot of Yoshida to loop into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

Japan came out fighting in the second half and Shafi had to be alert to punch away Keisuke Honda\u2019s rasping free-kick in the 53rd minute before the CSKA Moscow midfielder sent another dipping effort narrowly wide soon after.<\/p>\n

It seemed that a Japanese goal was forthcoming and they went even closer just after the hour when substitute Shinji Okazaki whipped in a dangerous cross from the left that Hasebe volleyed inches wide.<\/p>\n

Japan continued to dominate possession but were finding themselves increasingly frustrated by a Jordan side that was growing in confidence as the clock counted down towards full time.<\/p>\n

But the wave of pressure finally told when the East Asians equalised in stoppage-time when Hasebe delivered a fine cross into area following a short corner and Yoshida rose to head home at the far post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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