Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu said he was not getting carried away after an historic 1-0 defeat of an injury-depleted England in a friendly at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday.
The hosts struggled without captain Harry Kane up front – who pulled out having suffered a minor knock in training – in what was their final match on home soil before the World Cup.
It was England’s first defeat to Asian opposition which led to a handful of boos from those left inside what had been a sold-out Wembley Stadium after a largely lifeless display compounded Friday’s stop-start 1-1 draw with physical Uruguay.
Tuesday’s match was decided by Kaoru Mitoma’s fine first-half finish at the end of a well-worked move started by the Japan star dispossessing Cole Palmer.
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