Japan and Sweden booked their places in the knockout phase of the World Cup as they drew 1-1 in their final Group F clash in Dallas.
The point sends ****** an through in second place behind the Netherlands with Sweden top of the third-place teams, dealing another blow to Scotland's hopes of reaching the last 32.
Celtic's Daizen Maeda headed wide in a first half of few clear chances, ****** an gradually getting on top without delivering the decisive final ball.
Yukinari Sugawara drove in a low shot which was easily dealt with by Jacob Widell Zetterstrom with ****** ody able to get on the end of Keito Nakamura's cross after he had beaten Alexander Bernhardsson.
The game opened up after the break, Widell Zetterstrom producing an excellent save to keep out a volley from the unmarked Ayase Ueda, although the offside flag went up.
The point sends ****** an through in second place behind the Netherlands with Sweden top of the third-place teams, dealing another blow to Scotland's hopes of reaching the last 32.
Celtic's Daizen Maeda headed wide in a first half of few clear chances, ****** an gradually getting on top without delivering the decisive final ball.
Yukinari Sugawara drove in a low shot which was easily dealt with by Jacob Widell Zetterstrom with ****** ody able to get on the end of Keito Nakamura's cross after he had beaten Alexander Bernhardsson.
The game opened up after the break, Widell Zetterstrom producing an excellent save to keep out a volley from the unmarked Ayase Ueda, although the offside flag went up.
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