Keisuke Honda carved a history with his goal against Senegal last night

News24xx.com - Keisuke Honda not only saved Japan from defeat against Senegal in the 2018 World Cup. Honda also made a special record through his goal.

Japan shares a point with Senegal in Group H matchday 2 after a 2-2 draw at Ekaterinburg Arena on Sunday, June 24th 2018 night local time. Honda scored one goal in that game. Player who now plays in Mexico with Pachuca made a goal in the 78th minute to prevent Japan from defeat.

With that one goal, Honda recorded a history. He became the first Japanese player to score in three different World Cups (2010, 2014, 2018), as quoted from Opta.

Overall, Honda has collected four goals from nine appearances in the World Cup events. The former AC Milan midfielder was also noted as an Asian player with the highest number of goals in the World Cup. Honda is now involved in seven of 10 last goals from Japan in the World Cup. He contributed four goals and three assists.

Honda also made another record through his goal against Senegal. Now he is the oldest scorer for Japan in the World Cup (32 years 11 days), breaking the record of Masashi Nakayama (30 years 276 days) made in 1998.

Honda now has scored 37 goals for Japan from 97 appearances. He is ranked fourth in Japan's top scorer list.

 

 

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