Japan put seven past the Philippines to reach Women's Asian Cup semi-finals

[p]It was one-way traffic throughout ‌but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ltLyWcnC/"]Japan[/a] were kept at bay by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/philippines/CINRvtL5/"]‌Philippines[/a] goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/meollo-nina/fa7EeUcG/"]Nina Meollo[/a] until just before half-time. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tanaka-mina/SI7NIZSf/"]Mina Tanaka[/a] broke the ‌deadlock with a scrappy close-range ⁠header before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koga-toko/C2Y701HP/"]‌Koga[/a] doubled the lead from a corner.[/p][p]Japan accelerated ​after the break as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chiba-remina/SvqDw2u2/"]Remina Chiba[/a] struck a right-footed shot ​in the 65th minute to make it 3-0.[/p][p][b]Two minutes later, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matsukubo-manaka/QVyuA5Ad/"]Manaka Matsukubo[/a] ⁠dribbled through ​the defence to add a fourth before Koga scored her second with another close-range header in the 75th ‌minute.[/b][/p][embed guid="2be079ed-7ca0-45f0-8737-2c9cb5180cc5" url="https://x.com/FIFAWWC/status/2033105420756332885" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tanikawa-momoko/SIzo14hR/"]Momoko Tanikawa[/a] added the sixth in the 86th minute and substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ueki-riko/80TDeGos/"]Riko Ueki[/a] scored the seventh in the 90th to seal a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/japan-ltLyWcnC/philippines-CINRvtL5/?mid=zVkj8RAb"]dominant win for Japan[/a], who have now scored 24 goals without reply in the tournament.[/p][p]With the win, Japan booked a ‌spot at the 2027 Women's World ​Cup in Brazil, while the ‌Philippines will compete with the other losing quarter-finalists for two more places in playoffs on the Gold Coast.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/YXMhvJho/"]Australia[/a] will play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/china/IFHViN7N/"]China[/a] in the ⁠other semi-final.[/p]