Japan beats Costa Rica 2-0 at Women’s World Cup
Dunedin, The Gulf Observer: Hikaru Naomoto and Aoba Fujino scored two minutes apart in the first half to lead Japan to a 2-0 Women’s World Cup victory over Costa Rica on Wednesday that put the Japanese on the brink of advancing to the knockout stage.
Japan could advance out of Group C later Wednesday if Spain, ranked sixth in the world, beat 77th-ranked Zambia in Auckland, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
The two teams kicked off in front of a sparse crowd of 6,992 at Dunedin Stadium.
