Celtic star Daizen Maeda continued his scoring form as he nodded home for Japan.
The Parkhead winger, 26, netted his side's sixth goal in a thumping 7-0 triumph over China.
Maeda did not start in the World Cup qualifier but stepped off the bench after 63 minutes.
New Hair, Same Outcome đ pic.twitter.com/OuHLzIvccV
â ă¸ă§ăźă ăş âĄď¸ (@MaedaMealOfThat) September 5, 2024
Despite his cameo role, Maeda did make an impact for his country as he scored a header with three minutes left.
Reims winger Junya Ito curled an inviting ball towards the back post where Maeda burst into space to power it home.
Maeda had shown a serious turn of pace to leave his marker trailing as he notched for Japan.
Read more:Â
The goal for the Samurai Blue comes just days after Maeda opened the scoring for Celtic against Rangers.
Maeda had turned home after just 17 minutes at Parkhead in the 3-0 win on Sunday before jetting out to meet his Japan team-mates in Saitama.
Supporters also noticed Maeda's new haircut with the winger sporting a darker shade on international duty. He appears to have dyed his hair a silver shade after being blond at the weekend.
One fan wrote: "New Hair, Same Outcome."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.Â
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.Â
That is invaluable.Â
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalistâs job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readersâ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readersâ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the âreport this postâ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel