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Japan’s qualification for a seventh straight World Cup finals was secured by substitute Kaoru Mitoma’s late double on Thursday as the Samurai Blue beat Australia 2-0 in Sydney.

was secured by substitute Kaoru Mitoma’s late double onthis year’s tournamentMitoma replaced Takumi Minamino in the 84th minute and claimed a quick-fire brace that guaranteed Hajime Moriyasu’s side a top-two finish in Group B of Asia’s preliminaries and sealed Saudi Arabia’s World Cup spot.

The 89th-minute opener came after Mitoma linked up with his former Kawasaki Frontale team mates Hidemasa Morita and Miki Yamane before slotting pastThe second came four minutes into stoppage time as Ryan allowed Mitoma’s low shot to slip through his grasp.audi Arabia took to the field in Sharjah knowing they had already secured World Cup qualification and played out a 1-1 draw with China.

Saleh Al Shehri put Herve Renard’s team in front in first half injury time, only for an 82nd minute penalty by Zhu Chenjie to earn China a point. That result moved the second-placed Saudis to 20 points in Group B, one behind Japan with one round of matches remaining. Australia are third, six points adrift of the Japanese.Heung-min opened the scoring as South Korea moved to the top of Group A with a 2-0 win over Iran.

First-half goals from Alaa Al Dali, Mardik Mardikian and Mohammad Al Marmour earned Syria their first win of this round of qualifiers and dealt Lebanon’s World Cup chances a potentially fatal blow.

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