Brave Japan stopped by Turkey
Japan's World Cup dream has finally ended after they lost 1-0 to Turkey. Despite the continued support of their passionate home fans, Japan struggled to break down a resolute Turkish defence.
Umit Davala scored with a header early in the first half from a corner, and now Turkey will face Senegal in their first ever World Cup quarter-final.
Although the co-hosts have now bowed out of the tournament, they have helped contribute to one of the most open World Cups ever.
Japan
Seigo Narazaki, Naoki Matsuda, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Koji Nakata, Tomokazu Myojin, Junichi Inamoto (Daisuke Ichikawa 45), Hidetoshi Nakata, Kazuyuki Toda, Shinji Ono, Alex (Takayuki Suzuki 45), Akinori Nishizawa (Hiroaki Morishima 86)
Turkey
Rustu Recber, Fatih Akyel, Bulent Korkmaz, Alpay Ozalan, Hakan Unsal, Umit Davala (Nihat Kahveci 74), Tugay Kerimoglu, Yildiray Basturk (Ilhan Mansiz 90), Ergun Penbe, Hasan Sas (Tayfur Havutcu 85), Hakan Sukur 18th June 2002 |