In the first round of Group D in the Olympic men’s football tournament, Junya Tano and Shota Fujio scored twice each, and Rizen Yamamoto added one more goal, leading to a 5-0 victory for Japan over Paraguay.
According to statistics, this 5-0 win is Japan’s biggest victory in Olympic men’s football and also marks the first time they have scored five goals in a single match at the Olympics.
The Japanese Olympic team did not call up any overage players for this campaign, the first time they have done so since the Beijing Olympics. In fact, Paraguay’s Olympic team is no pushover; they topped the South American qualifiers, even getting the better of Brazil and Argentina. One key reason for Paraguay’s downfall was the red card given to their midfielder Viera for a bad foul just 25 minutes into the game, leaving Japan with a numerical advantage for the majority of the match.