Asian Cup: Japan and Iraq through to round of 16

Japan beat Indonesia 3-1 in their final Asian Cup Group D game to guarantee a top-two finish and qualify for the last-16 while Iraq went top with maximum points when they sealed a 3-2 win over Vietnam with a 102nd-minute winner.

Japan's Ayase Ueda scored twice for Hajime Moriyasu's side, who finished second with six points, while Iraq's Aymen Hussein went top of the tournament's scoring charts with his fourth and fifth goal.

Japan took a 1-0 lead when they won a penalty in the second minute after Ueda was hauled down in the box by Jordi Amat, with the spot kick awarded after a VAR check.

Ueda stepped up to take it himself and after composing himself he fired home into the top corner in front of the Indonesian fans behind the goal.

They nearly made it 2-0 just after the half-hour mark when Keito Nakamura's first-time effort came off the inside off the post and rolled dangerously close to the goal line before it was cleared.

But Japan eventually doubled their lead when Ritsu Doan put in a pass across the six-yard box that beat every defender and found Ueda unmarked at the far post for an easy tap-in.

The goal put a spring in Japan's step and they continued to push Indonesia back, with the south-east Asian team unable to prevent a third when Ueda forced an own goal in the 88th minute after Justin Hubner attempted to block his shot.

Indonesia scored a consolation goal in stoppage time when Japan failed to clear a long throw-in and the ball fell to Sandy Walsh at the far post where he finished smartly for his first international goal.

In the other Group D game, Vietnam took the lead just before half-time when Bui Hoang Viet Anh scored from a set piece but Khuat Van Khang was sent off for a second yellow on the stroke of half-time.

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