World Cup · 8th Finals
Tuesday, 29 June 2010 · 22:00 · Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Tshwane · Referee: F. De Bleeckere
Paraguay0 : 0
Full-time
JapanHalf-time: 0-0Extra time: 0-0Penalties: 5-3
Match Events
- 60'E. Benítez (assist: N. Valdez)Substitution 1
- 66'D. Matsui (assist: S. Okazaki)Substitution 1
- 75'N. Ortigoza (assist: É. Barreto)Substitution 2
- 81'Y. Abe (assist: K. Nakamura)Substitution 2
- 94'R. Santa Cruz (assist: O. Cardozo)Substitution 3
- 106'Y. Ōkubo (assist: K. Tamada)Substitution 3
- 120+1'É. BarretoPenalty
- 120+2'Y. EndoPenalty
- 120+3'L. BarriosPenalty
- 120+4'M. HasebePenalty
- 120+5'Cristian RiverosPenalty
- 120+6'Y. KomanoMissed Penalty
- 120+7'N. ValdezPenalty
- 120+8'K. HondaPenalty
- 120+9'O. CardozoPenalty
Paraguay
Starting XI
- 1J. Villar
- 14P. Da Silva
- 21A. Alcáraz
- 6C. Bonet
- 3C. Morel
- 16Cristian Riveros
- 20N. Ortigoza
- 13E. Vera
- 9R. Santa Cruz
- 19L. Barrios
- 10E. Benítez
Substitutes
- 18N. Valdez
- 8É. Barreto
- 7O. Cardozo
- 22A. Bobadilla
- 17A. Torres
- 12D. Barreto
- 4D. Caniza
- 2D. Verón
- 5J. Cáceres
- 11J. Santana
- 23R. Gamarra
- 15V. Cáceres
Japan
Starting XI
- 21E. Kawashima
- 3Y. Komano
- 22Y. Nakazawa
- 4M. Tanaka
- 17M. Hasebe
- 5Y. Nagatomo
- 7Y. Endo
- 8D. Matsui
- 2Y. Abe
- 18K. Honda
- 16Y. Ōkubo
Substitutes
- 9S. Okazaki
- 14K. Nakamura
- 11K. Tamada
- 6A. Uchida
- 13D. Iwamasa
- 20J. Inamoto
- 12K. Yano
- 10S. Nakamura
- 1S. Narazaki
- 19T. Morimoto
- 23Y. Kawaguchi
- 15Y. Konno
Head-to-Head
- Japan 2 - 2 ParaguayFriday, 10 October 2025
- Japan 4 - 1 ParaguayThursday, 2 June 2022
- Japan 2 - 0 ParaguayThursday, 5 September 2019
- Japan 4 - 2 ParaguayTuesday, 12 June 2018
- Paraguay 0 - 0 JapanTuesday, 29 June 2010
Paraguay — recent form
DWDL
Japan — recent form
WLW