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Red-hot Miyazawa fires Japan into World Cup quarters

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Japan’s midfielder #14 Yui Hasegawa shoots on goal during the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women’s World Cup round of 16 football match between Japan and Norway at Wellington Regional Stadium in Wellington on August 5, 2023. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)Hinata Miyazawa scored her fifth goal of the Women’s World Cup on Saturday to seal a 3-1 win over Norway and put Japan into the quarter-finals against Sweden or holders the United States.In a last-16 clash in Wellington between two former champions, an Ingrid Syrstad Engen own goal gave Japan an early lead in front of 33,000.Norway hit back with a brilliant Guro Reiten header to make it 1-1 at half-time.But after the break the Norwegian defence buckled under pressure when defender Risa Shimizu put Japan back into the lead before Miyazawa struck.Norway threw everything at Japan late on but goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita stood firm and in injury time pulled off a breathtaking save from a close-range header, somehow clawing the ball back off the line.Japan look ominous and in the 23-year-old Miyazawa they have the tournament’s top scorer.“I am really happy to have scored the goal but it is because all of the team worked for that,” she said. “I want to score more.”Japan had breezed into the last 16 with an immaculate three wins, chalking up 11 goals without reply in the group stages.That included a statement 4-0 thumping of Spain.Head coach Futoshi Ikeda said the 2011 champions are becoming harder to beat as the tournament progresses.“The team is very positive, kept up the pace and I think we have become tougher than before,” he added.Norway recovered from a shock defeat to co-hosts New Zealand on the opening day to draw with Switzerland before routing the Philippines 6-0 to

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