Japanese samurai in the Asian final



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Day of January 29, 2019
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January 29, 2019 / 01:11

Japan ended a 43-year-old Iranian dream and denied it a fourth Asian Cup title by winning 3-0 in the semi-finals on Monday at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain. .

Japan reached the final for the fifth time after its peak in 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2011, while the Iranian dream reached the final after the titles of 1968, 1972 and 1976. The Werder Bremen strikers Joya Osako (56 , 67) and Genki Haraguchi (90 + 1) scored goals for Japan, which will be in the UAE and Qatari hosts final on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi.

Japan maintained its perfect record in the semi-finals, after losing only once in two to three times against Saudi Arabia in 2007.

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