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A new-look Japan side gave manager Hajime Moriyasu a winning start to his tenure on Tuesday night, beating Costa Rica 3-0 in an international friendly. Takumi Minamino and Junya Ito scored their maiden international goals in the second half at Panasonic Stadium Suita, ensuring a ...
Takumi Minamino goal helps Salzburg into Champions League playoff
Takumi Minamino scored the winner for Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday and helped the Austrian Bundesliga side complete a 4-0 aggregate victory against Shkendija in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. With the game goalless in the second minute of penalty time, ...
Midfielder Ryota Morioka set up Anderlecht's first goal and scored the second in a 3-1 victory over Charleroi on Sunday in the Belgian Pro League championship playoffs. The 27-year-old assisted on Pieter Gerkens' 43rd-minute opener for the home side when he picked out the midfielder ...
Substitute Takumi Minamino scored for Salzburg in the first leg of its Europa League quarterfinal against Lazio on Thursday, but it was not enough to prevent a 4-2 loss in Rome. With Salzburg trailing 2-1,the forward came off the bench in the 70th minute at ...
Striker Takumi Minamino scored his fourth goal of the season on Wednesday, helping his Austrian first-division club Salzburg to a 2-0 home win over Mattersburg. Minamino, who entered the match in the 72nd minute, scored the second goal after an assist from German Reinhold Yabo ...
Takumi Minamino scored a brace Sunday, including his first goal since the opening match of the season in July, as he helped Austrian Bundesliga champion Red Bull Salzburg to a 3-1 win away at SKN St. Polten. After St. Polten took a 1-0 lead on ...
Striker Takumi Minamino was on target to help visiting Austrian Bundesliga champion Salzburg beat Wolfsberg 2-0 on the opening day of the season Saturday. Reinhold Yabo fired Salzburg into a 28th-minute lead and Munas Dabbur set up Minamino to seal the victory in the dying ...
Striker Takumi Minamino netted twice Wednesday as Salzburg booked a place in the Austrian Cup final with a 5-0 victory over Admira. At BSFZ Arena, the defending champions took the lead in the seventh minute with a right-footed effort from the 22-year-old Minamino, who stepped ...
Japan's Rio Olympic campaign got off to an embarrassing start on Thursday, losing 5-4 to a Nigerian team that only arrived in Brazil just hours before kickoff. But the delay did not stop Nigeria from putting five past a Japanese team that struggled with a ...
Japan's Rio Olympic Under-23s' elimination at the Toulon Tournament was sealed on Wednesday, despite a 2-1 win over Guinea in Group B. First-half goals from Cayman Togashi and Takumi Minamino secured Japan its first three points of the tournament, but it was too little, too ...
Salzburg's Minamino notches 10th goal of season in victory over SV Grodig
Takumi Minamino scored his 10th goal of the season as champion Salzburg came from behind to secure a 2-1 derby win at SV Grodig on Wednesday. The 21-year-old forward, likely to be named to Japan's squad for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, canceled out Daniel ...
Japan striker Takumi Minamino said Tuesday his only goal in Wednesday's U-23 Asian Championship game against North Korea is a win. Looking to qualify for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics by finishing third or better in the tournament in Doha, Japan will open its ...
