Midfielder Hinata Miyazawa racked up 2 objectives as well as 3 colleagues additionally struck their target in Nadeshiko Japan‘s 5-0 triumph over Zambia in the groups’ 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup opener on Saturday, July 22.
At Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, world No 11 Japan started its pursuit for its 2nd World Cup title after winning 5-0 versus Panama on July 14 in a last tuneup for the quadrennial competition in Sendai.
Early on, it really did not show up that Japan, champion of the 2011 Women’s World Cup, would certainly reproduce this racking up outcome versus Group C enemy Zambia.
But Japan determined the pace as well as produced racking up possibilities throughout the suit. As an outcome, supervisor Futoshi Ikeda‘s team outshot Zambia 26-0. It was Zambia’s World Cup launching after completing 3rd in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in 2022.