{"id":1530,"date":"2019-06-19T19:21:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T19:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2019-06-19T19:45:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T19:45:49","slug":"womens-world-cup-scotland-1-2-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/womens-world-cup-scotland-1-2-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Womens World Cup Scotland 1 &#8211; 2 Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BBC Report: Scotland&#8217;s chances of qualifying from their Women&#8217;s World Cup group hang by a thread after defeat by Japan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shelley Kerr&#8217;s side had rarely been out of their own half by the time Mana Iwabuchi blasted a shot past goalkeeper Lee Alexander after 22 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>With Japan dominating, Rachel Corsie was ruled to have hauled down Yuika Sugasawa and the striker sent the spot-kick low into the corner.<\/p>\n<p>A late Scotland rally produced a fine long-range Lana Clelland finish.<\/p>\n<p>But consecutive 2-1 defeats leave Kerr&#8217;s side bottom of the table without a point and needing to beat Argentina in their final game if they are to have a chance of making the knockout stage as one of the four best third-placed sides.<\/p>\n<p>For former world champions Japan, who opened with a disappointing draw, it ends a run of five games without a victory and puts them second in the group.<\/p>\n<p>Full Article Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/48569698\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/48569698<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- responsive1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-slot=\"3379014842\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8934562929349122\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH HIGHLIGHTS VIA YOU TUBE VIDEO EMBED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPh9IEu5vkE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishfa.co.uk\/news\/scotland-face-must-win-match-following-defeat-to-japan\/?rid=13925\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report &#038; Highlights on Scottish FA Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scottish National Team on Facebook<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scotlandnationalteam\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scotlandnationalteam<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Report: Scotland&#8217;s chances of qualifying from their Women&#8217;s World Cup group hang by a thread after defeat by Japan. Shelley Kerr&#8217;s side had rarely been out of their own half by the time Mana Iwabuchi blasted a shot past goalkeeper Lee Alexander after 22 minutes. With Japan dominating, Rachel Corsie was ruled to have hauled down Yuika Sugasawa and the striker sent the spot-kick low into the corner. A late Scotland rally produced a fine long-range Lana Clelland finish. But consecutive 2-1 defeats leave Kerr&#8217;s side bottom of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1530"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions\/1538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}