the Japanese correct Zambia and take the lead of their group

Hard learning. For the first World Cup match in their history, the Zambians were shriveled by Japan (5-0), Saturday July 22, at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. The Japanese have long stumbled on the opposing defense, also seeing two goals disallowed for offside. But the sentence fell just before the break for the third of the last CAN, when winger Hinata Miyawaza opened the scoring. She even offered herself a double in the second half.

The other goals of the game were scored by Mina Tanaka, Jun Endo and Riko Ueki. The latter had to try twice to score a penalty after extra time after a foul by goalkeeper Catherine Musonda, who was immediately excluded. Japan thus takes first place in Group C ahead of Spain, which dominated Costa Rica with a smaller score (3-0) on Friday.