The Group F encounter carried added significance as it became the 1000th match in FIFA World Cup history, but it was Japan who ensured the landmark occasion would be remembered for their ruthless efficiency and attacking brilliance

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Japan are the first Asian side to score four goals in a World Cup match.

Japan are the first Asian side to score four goals in a World Cup match.

Japan are the first Asian side to score four goals in a World Cup match.

Football fans from Japan and Tunisia partied in Monterrey, Mexico ahead of the match Saturday where their national squads face each other to keep their hopes of reaching the Round of 32 alive.

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Japan moved one step closer to reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the fourth consecutive time after pummeling Tunisia 4-0 in Group F. Japan’s four goals were the most the Samurai Blue had ever scored in a World Cup game, as Japan comfortably dismantled a Tunisia side…

A milestone fixture in Monterrey – the 1,000th FIFA World Cup match – saw Japan carve out their own slice of early history

MONTERREY, Mexico, June 21 : Japan were without injured playmaker Takefusa Kubo for Saturday's World Cup match against Tunisia, but their fluent attack hardly missed a beat with Ayase Ueda scoring twice and setting up another in a crushing 4-0 win.Daichi Kamada and Junya Ito also got on the scoresheet as Japa

Japan moved closer to the World Cup knockout stages after defeating Tunisia 4-0 in Group F.

MONTERREY: Japanese fans celebrated their team's 4-0 victory over Tunisia in the 1,000th match in World Cup history on Saturday (Jun 20) by staying behind at Monterrey’s stadium to collect ru

Japan dominates Tunisia 4-0 in their 1,000th World Cup match, securing a strong position in Group F.

Japan are the first Asian team to score four goals at the World Cup.

Japan are the first Asian team to score four goals at the World Cup.

Tunisia head coach Hervé Renard has challenged his players to fight and win their last group game against the Netherlands at the ongoing FIFA World Cup.

It wasn’t the start to the World Cup that anyone expected for Spain.