The Olympiad hosts got a ticket to the semifinals.
In the quarterfinals of the Olympic men's football tournament, Japan and New Zealand issued a "
The fate of the ticket was decided by the blunders from the " The Japanese, on the other hand, struck all the blows exactly.
Earlier, the Spanish national team made it to the semifinals of the Olympics.
Japan - New Zealand 0: 0 Penalties - 4: 2.
Japan: Tani - Hashioka, Yoshida, Tomiyasu, Hatate (Mitoma, 91) - Tanaka (Itakura, 91), Endo - Doan (Miyoshi, 106), Kubo, Soma (Nakayama, 69) - Hayashi (Ueda, 69).
New Zealand: M. Wood - Stensness, Reed (McGowatt, 51), Pijnecker - Elliot (Ingham, 79), Lewis, Bell, Garbett (Just, 79), Kakase - K. Wood, Wayne (Champness, 84).
Warnings: Tomiyasu, Miyoshi - Bell, Stensness, Garbett, Kakase.