HONG KONG: With crucial goals in each of Japan’s three group games, Takefusa Kubo (pic) is delivering on his potential, as the Olympic Games hosts step up their chase for a place on the podium for the first time in over half a century.
Just as he had done in group phase wins over South Africa and Mexico, the 20-year-old opened the scoring for Japan in Wednesday’s 4-0 victory over France to set up a quarter-final meeting with New Zealand tomorrow.
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