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Japan deny Netherlands by fighting back twice in World Cup opener
Key takeaways
- Asia’s most successful side, Japan, twice come from behind to draw 2-2 with Netherlands in Group F opener.
- A match that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the second half on Sunday.
- Netherlands skipper Virgil van Dijk scored with a fine header, only for Keito Nakamura to quickly level, before winger Crysencio Summerville’s delicious, curled finish into the bottom corner just after the hour.
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Asia’s most successful side, Japan, twice come from behind to draw 2-2 with Netherlands in Group F opener.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk applauds fans after the match [Issei Kato/Reuters]By AFPPublished On 14 Jun 202614 Jun 2026Japan scored an 88th-minute equaliser as they twice fought back to rescue a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in front of 69,285 spectators in Texas, opening their World Cup campaigns.
A match that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the second half on Sunday.
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