Match Report
Palestine U23 went into the game 2nd in the table on 1 points; Japan U23 sat 1st on 6 — a 5-point gap. On recent form Palestine U23 sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall.
Japan U23 had won three straight.
M. bin Nasaruddin took charge of the match — our records show 64 games refereed with an average of 1.2 yellow cards per game. Stade René Gaillard in Niort staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,406. On the scoreboard, Japan U23 led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.