Japan (2-0) beat Bahrain in Saitama, yesterday, to become the first team to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and its series of appearances in the finals stretched for eight times in a row.
The next version will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada, the first that includes 48 teams after increasing the teams from 32 in the Qatar 2022 version.
Dichy scored the cameras and Takivosa Cobo, Japan’s goals in the second half, to reserve coach Hagimi Moriasu team in the finals next year, and this victory included Japan ending the group in the first two positions, as the third group leads with 19 points, nine points from the second Australian team three rounds before the end of the third round of the qualifiers.
The first two teams from each group qualifies directly to the finals, while the two and fourth place holders move to the fourth round to compete for two cards to the World Cup and a card for the global attaché.
The Crystal Palace midfielder’s camera came as an alternative to put Japan with the front in the 66th minute, and Kobo added the second goal three minutes before the end, to strengthen the Japan team its lead to the third group.
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