Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu hailed his World Cup-bound team's in-form strikers after Koki Ogawa and Ayase Ueda scored on Friday to rescue a 2-2 home friendly draw with Paraguay.
Feyenoord's Ueda got a late equalizer in Osaka when he stooped to head home in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, shortly after replacing Ogawa from the bench.
NEC Nijmegen's Ogawa scored Japan's other goal in the first half after unleashing a stinging shot that Paraguay goalkeeper Roberto Fernandez parried into his own net.
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