{"id":2198,"date":"2026-06-15T13:43:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:43:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:43:04","slug":"japan-fight-back-to-hold-the-netherlands-in-group-f-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/japan-fight-back-to-hold-the-netherlands-in-group-f-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan fight back to hold the Netherlands in Group F opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Netherlands were twice ahead in their Group F opener, but Japan battled back to earn a deserved draw in a lively contest in Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Netherlands and Japan opened their World Cup Group F campaign with an entertaining draw that featured moments of quality at both ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A goalless first half offered chances for both sides, but neither team managed to make the breakthrough before the interval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deadlock was eventually broken when Virgil van Dijk headed home from a Ryan Gravenberch cross in the 57th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan responded strongly and levelled through Nakamura, who struck from the edge of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Netherlands then regained the lead when Summerville cut inside from the right and curled a fine effort beyond the goalkeeper into the far corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That seemed set to decide the contest, with the Dutch looking to have done enough to secure victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, substitute Ogawa restored parity in the 88th minute with a header from an Ito delivery that Kamada may have got the final touch on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIFA credited the goal to Kamada, as Japan rescued a point to leave the group finely poised after an absorbing opening fixture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Netherlands were twice ahead in their Group F opene [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2200,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198\/revisions\/2200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}