Tonga take a win against the United States to finish

2019 World Cup – Admirable, Japan beat Scotland in the shock of this Sunday (28-21). A new feat for the Brave Blossoms, who will compete in the quarterfinals of a World Cup for the first time.

These Japanese are crazy! Already fallers of theIreland, the Brave Blossoms win another prestigious victory by defeatingScotland (28-21), at the end of a match of incredible intensity. If the XV thistle had scored the first try of the meeting (Russell 6 '), the locals, pushed by a packed Yokohama Stadium, made a first half of madness, registering three tries by Kotaro Matsushima (17 '), Keita Inagaki (25 ') and Kenki Fukuoka (39 '), on incredible actions. Fukuoka, man of the match, scored a fourth try for the Japanese at the return of the locker room (42 '), synonymous with offensive bonus, and a big step towards the quarter-finals.

The Scottish reaction will not have been enough

Then led 28-7, the Scots, exceeded on Japanese accelerations, reacted by scoring twice thanks to Willem Nel (49 ') and Zander Fagerson (54 '). But Japan, generous and intractable in defense, was good during the last twenty minutes against the assaults of the Thistle. A victory (28-21), a faultless and a first place of Pool A, in front of theIreland and so theScotland for some Brave Blossoms who will play for the first time in their history the quarter-finals of a World Cup.

JAPAN HISTORY!

✅ 30-10 against Russia
✅ 19-12 against Ireland
38-19 against Samoa
✅ 28-21 against Scotland

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The icing on the cake, Japan will find againSouth Africa in the quarterfinals, an opponent who had put him in the light at the 2015 World Cup : at the time, the Japanese had imposed themselves to the general surprise against the Boks (34-32). A founding success, pillar of the historical performance of the host country during this phase of chickens.

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