Japan into last eight following routine Norway win

• Guro Reiten header cancelled out earlier Ingrid Syrstad Engen own goal

• Second-half goals from Risa Shimizu and Hinata Miyazawa sealed victory

• Sweden or USA await for Futoshi Ikeda’s side

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Goalscorers: Syrstad Engen (Own goal, 15′), Reiten (20′), Shimizu (50′), Miyazawa (81′)

Japan eased their way into the last eight with a well-earned 3-1 victory over Norway at Wellington Regional Stadium.

An unfortunate Ingrid Syrstad Engen own goal was cancelled out by a fine Guro Reiten header midway through the first half. Second-half goals from Risa Shimizu and adidas Golden Boot-chasing Hinata Miyazawa wrapped up the win for the Nadeshiko.

Guro Reiten’s header is the first goal Japan have conceded at Australia & New Zealand 2023. They had previously gone over 300 minutes without their goal being breached.

A mammoth 83% of players predicted Japan would defeat Norway in our Hyundai Match Predictor.

Hinata Miyazawa (Japan)

“There is still a long way to go, but after I felt frustrated in 2019, I feel like I’ve overcome an obstacle. We’ll head to the next one, but I feel we got a really great victory today. The ball came into my path. I had a similar chance in the first half but I made a shot without controlling the ball. I was thinking I would do it more calmly next time, and I’m glad it went in. A lot of many crosses were coming from the left flank, so I kept running forward thinking that one would come to me. Among us there were only positive words. Even when it became 1-1, no one has a negative mood. We could play in a very positive way.” Risa Shimizu, Japan goalscorer