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Football Tribe Asia
Japan have qualified to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar thanks to a 2-0 win away at Australia on March 24th, with substitute Kaoru Mitoma scoring a late brace to send the Samurai Blue through, having endured a rocky campaign in the final round of qualifiers. With the game at Sydney’s Stadium Australia seemed to be destined for a goalless draw, Mitoma, who now plies his trade on loan at Belgian top-flight leaders Union SG on loan from the Premier League’s own Brighton & Hove Albion, broke the deadlock in the 89th minute before sealing Japan’s ticket to Qatar in the fourth minute of injury-time…