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Japan's forward Koki Ogawa reacts to his team's second goal during the 2026 World Cup Group F match vs the Netherlands at the Dallas Stadium in Arlington on June 14, 2026. [Aric Becker / AFP]
Japan scored an 88th-minute equaliser as they twice fought back to rescue a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in front of 69,285 in Texas on Sunday to open their World Cup campaigns.
A match that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the second half.
Netherlands skipper Virgil van Dijk scored with a fine header, only for Keito Nakamura to quickly level, before winger Crysencio Summerville's delicious curled finish into the bottom corner just after the hour.
