FILE PHOTO: Ritsu Doan (JPN), JANUARY 21, 2019 - Football / Soccer : AFC ASIAN CUP UAE 2019 match between Japan 1-0 Saudi Arabia at Sharjah Stadium in Sharjah, UAE. (Photo by AFLO)
DUBAI (Reuters) - Ritsu Doan scored a second-half penalty awarded by the newly-introduced video assistant referee (VAR) to give Japan a 1-0 win over Vietnam in the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup on Thursday.
Doan drove the ball into the bottom left corner, beating Vietnam's Russian-born goalkeeper Dang Van Lam who had guessed the right way after the spot kick was awarded in dramatic fashion shortly before the hour mark.
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