Well Done Japan....WELL DESERVED!!
The US failed to convert their chances and they had a lot of them.
Too many mistakes, especially the first Japan goal when the US failed to clear it out, secondly that was easily the worst Pen shootout I have ever seen. When it was 2-1 the US needed to continue pressing, instead they played the Clock game and tried to lay back, play D and that was a mistake. When you have a squad as conditioned as the US team you can easily out run and attack and still fall back and defend when needed. They didn't play to their strength, conditioning, and Japan attacked and pressed and it worked.
The US played well for 100 minutes and outplayed Japan. It was a total of 20 minutes or so when Japan took control at the end of the 2nd half, the end of extra time and then stopped the first 3 Pen shots, 2 stops and a miss.
Congratulations Japan.
You played like a Champion.
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