Maya Yoshida defeats Weston McKennie in his 120th game for Japan

Japan and Maya Yoshida won a friendly against USA on Friday (23/9). The Asian side defeated their opponents 2-0, exactly two months ahead of their first group game at the World Cup against Germany.

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23.09.22, 16:24

Maya Yoshida

This was Yoshida’s 120th cap for his country and his first as an FC Schalke 04 player. The centre-back played the full 90 minutes in Düsseldorf. Eintracht Frankfurt’s Daichi Kamada scored the first goal, curling one into the back of the net in the 24th minute. A second was added by Brighton & Hove Albion’s Kaoru Mitoma two minutes before the end of the game.

Former Schalke man Weston McKennie played 67 minutes for the US. Japan’s next game is on Tuesday (27/9) against Ecuador at 13:55 CEST.

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