Momoko Tanikawa Nets Stunner defeated 4-1 as Nadeshiko Japan

Momoko Tanikawa met an early screamer and Mina Tanaka another clip when Japan Colombia 4-1 for her second victory in a row at the Shebelieves Cup on Sunday 4-1.

After Nadeshiko Japan defeated Australia 4-0 at her opener on Thursday, he achieved four again under the new manager Nils Nielsen when they organized a title decision against the tournament that also have the United States, which also have two victories, in theirs Last game on Wednesday.

The nineteen -year -old Tanikawa brought Japan onto the scissop of 18 seconds in the State Farm Stadium in Glendale when the midfielder of Bayern Munich found the upper right corner with a raised left strike from 25 meters.

“I was told that I could reach the goal before the game, so I took it positively and decided to do it,” she said.

Japan's Mina Tanaka scores a penalty for her second goal in a Shebelieves Cup game against Colombia in the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on February 23, 2025 (Kyodo). (Kyodo)

The striker Tanaka from Utah Royals made himself in Tanikawa's corner in the eighth minute, while Colombia in the meantime retired in the first half when Linda Caicedo found the outermost lower corner on the left after a quick attack.

Tanaka set up Maika Hamano to restore Japan's two-goal pillow in the 57th minute when the Chelsea attacker buried a low strike from the penalty area and completed the hits in the 79th minute by removing a penalty that she won.

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