2026 World Cup Blog

USA • Mexico • Canada — June 2026

FIFA World Cup 2026

Japan

FIFA Rank #2

4 - 1

HT: 2-0

Full Time

Paraguay

FIFA Rank #3

Thursday, 2 June 202210:00 UTC

Group Standings

Group D

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	USA	3	2	0	1	+4	6
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	0	4
3	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	-2	4
4	Türkiye	3	1	0	2	-2	3

Group F

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	+6	7
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	+4	5
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	0	4
4	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	-10	0

Recent Form

Japan

LDWDW

Paraguay

WDWLL

Match Events

36'

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Asano

Japan

42'

⚽

Kamada

Japan

44'

🟨

Alderete

Paraguay

46'

🔄

Nakayama

Japan

46'

🔄

Maeda

Japan

46'

🔄

Itakura

Japan

55'

🟨

González

Paraguay

59'

⚽

González

Paraguay

60'

⚽

Mitoma

Japan

61'

🔄

Tanaka

Japan

65'

🔄

Medina

Paraguay

65'

🔄

Lucena

Paraguay

67'

🔄

Romero

Paraguay

71'

🔄

Kubo

Japan

82'

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Furuhashi

Japan

85'

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Tanaka

Japan

Head-to-Head History

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