On Saturday, Japan buried the tragedy of their 2019 early exit, and stunned Norway 3-1 to advance to the quarter-final of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
They will wait for the winner of the US and Sweden match's winner in the quarter-final. It is the fourth time for the Asian team to advance to this stage.
Norway earned the first goal in the match by Guro Reiten’s header, however, they earned the Japanese the equalizer as Ingrid Engen scored into her nets.
After that, Risa Shimizu and Hinata Miyazawa crossed the line in front of 33,042 people, and hit the nets.
Moreover, Miyazawa scored in 81 to reach a new career milestone by being the leading goalscorer in the tournament after breaking the record of Germany captain Alexandra Popp and matching Homare Sawa’s Japanese record for a World Cup.
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