Rihito Yamamoto scored an 82nd-minute winner as Japan battled past Mali 1-0 to qualify for the Paris Olympics men's football knockout stage on Saturday with two wins from two.After thrashing 10-man Paraguay 5-0 in their Group D opener on Wednesday, the Samurai Blue faced a sterner test this time at Bordeaux Stadium against the Africans, who beat them 3-1 in a friendly in Kyoto in March.Mali were awarded a last-gasp penalty that could have salvaged them a draw when Moussa Diakite's shot from outside the box hit the arm of Sota Kawasaki, but Cheickna Doumbia blasted wide left.A slick Japan pa…READ FULL ARTICLE
