Ayase Ueda and Hidemasa Morita scored braces before Koki Ogawa completed the rout as Japan won 5-0 away to Bahrain on Tuesday to make it two wins from two in the Asian final round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.After beginning the Group C campaign on Thursday with a 7-0 home mauling of China, the 18th-ranked Samurai Blue maintained their perfect start with another big win and a clean sheet, this time against the 80th-ranked hosts at Bahrain National Stadium, where the temperature was north of 35 C despite the evening kickoff."We prepared well as a team and everyone fulfilled their individ…READ FULL ARTICLE
