Fortune favours Kamada as Japan rescue World Cup draw with Netherlands
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Japan's Daichi Kamada celebrates scoring their late equaliser past the helpless Netherlands goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters View image in fullscreen Japan's Daichi Kamada celebrates scoring their late equaliser past the helpless Netherlands goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters World Cup 2026 Fortune favours Kamada as Japan rescue World Cup draw with Netherlands Barney Ronay at Dallas Stadium Sun 14 Jun 2026 18.22 EDT Last modified on Mon 15 Jun 2026 03.07 EDT Share Prefer the Guardian on Google The World Cup continues to produce the unexpected. On a throbbingly hot afternoon in the low flat plains outside Dallas the Netherlands and Japan played out a high-grade, ultimately thrilling Group F game, Daichi Kamada scoring an 89th-minute equaliser to make it 2-2 just as the Dutch looked like taking an early hold on one of the tougher groups.
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