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YUGOSLAVIA - Japan 0-1 (0-1)
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| Dragan Stojkovic - Pixie |
Oita, JAPAN, July 4 (Reuters) - Japan won the three-nation
Kirin Cup on Wednesday after Junichi Inamoto struck midway
through the first half to lead the hosts to a 1-0 win over
Yugoslavia.
Inamoto, a Gamba Osaka midfielder currently being linked
with a move to English club Arsenal, scored in the 21st minute
at Oita Big Eye Stadium, exchanging passes with Atsushi
Yanagisawa before rifling a right-foot shot into the top corner
from 20 metres.
Yanagisawa, who scored both goals in Japan's 2-0 win over
Paraguay last Sunday, created a golden opportunity for Takayuki
Suzuki in the 67th minute but his Kashima Antlers team mate
clipped his shot against the post.
Yugoslavia, 2-0 losers to Paraguay in last Thursday's
opening match in Tokyo, threatened only sporadically, with
Japan-based veteran Dragan Stojkovic lively in his 84th and
final international appearance.
Igor Bogdanovic came closest to scoring for Yugoslavia,
firing in a left-foot shot on the turn in the 33rd minute wich
forced Japan goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi into a superb save
low to his right.
JAPAN: 1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; 3-Naoki Matsuda (17-Tsuneyasu
Miyamoto 68), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (capt) (14-Teruyoshi Ito 70),
16-Koji Nakata, 5-Junichi Inamoto, 8-Hiroaki Morishima,
18-Kazuyuki Toda, 20-Yasuhiro Hato, 21-Shinji Ono (6-Toshihiro
Hattori 46), 9-Atsushi Yanagisawa (11-Masashi Nakayama 89),
22-Takayuki Suzuki (19-Tatsuhiko Kubo 77).
YUGOSLAVIA: 1-Sasa Stevanovic (12-Pregdrag Ristovic 86),
2-Vuk Rasovic (18-Damir Cakar 80), 3-Dejan Ognjanovic, 5-Milan
Dudic, 13-Dusan Petkovic (14-Milivoje Cirkovic 86), 16-Sasa
Zoric, 8-Goran Trobok (4-Dejan Radenovic 73), 10-Dragan
Stojkovic (capt), 9-Petar Divic, 11-Igor Bogdanovic (17-Borislav
Stevanovic 63), 15-Aleksandar Zivkovic
Attendance: 38,000. Referee: Vijay Rahman (Singapore).
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Kirin Cup 2001 - R E S U L T S
YUGOSLAVIA - Paraguay 0-2, Japan - Paraguay 2-0, YUGOSLAVIA - Japan 0-1
Final Standings at Kirin Cup
G W D L F-A Pts
1. Japan 2 2 0 0 3-0 6
2. Paraguay 2 1 0 1 2-2 3
3. YUGOSLAVIA 2 0 0 2 0-3 0
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Dragan Stojkovic - Pixie, who has spent the last seven years at J.League first division side Nagoya Grampus Eight, appeared in his final official match for Yugoslavia versus Japan.
While, according to Stojkovic, the Yugoslav Football Association has plans to fix him a testimonial match at home against a yet-to-be-decided top European team, game against Japan was his last competitive international in a Yugoslav uniform.
Dragan Stojkovic - Pixie
Date of birth: 03/03/1965.
Birthplace: Nis.
Height: 175 cm.
Weight: 73 kg.
Position: Midfielder.
Club: Nagoya Grampus Eight (Japan).
Previous clubs: Radnicki Nis, Red Star (both from Yugoslavia), Olympique (France), Verona (Italy).
Caps: 84.
Goals: 15.
International debut: Yugoslavia - France 0-0 (12/11/1983).
Stojkovic played for Yugoslavia in the 1990 and 1998 World Cups as well as the 1984 and 2000 European Championships. Won a bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
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