Player ratings Italy 4, Japan 3.

0-1 21' Keisuke Honda, 0-2 33' Shinji Kagawa, 1-2 41' Daniele De Rossi, 2-2 50' og Atsuto Uchida, 3-2 53' Mario Balotelli penalty, 3-3 69' Shinji Okazaki, 4-3 86' Sebastian Giovinco. Att: 40.426 (Estádio Pernambuco, Recife).
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,10 - Christian Maggio 5,10 (59' Ignazio Abate 6,00), Giorgio Chiellini 5,10, Mattia De Sciglio 4,70, Andrea Barzagli 5,30 - Alberto Aquilani 4,60 (30' Sebastian Giovinco 6,40), Daniele De Rossi 6,40, Riccardo Montolivo 5,20,     Andrea Pirlo 5,60, Emanuele Giaccherini 6,40 (68' Claudio Marchisio 5,80) - Mario Balotelli 6,60. - coach: Cesare Prandelli 5,70. = average: 5,66 [disappoiting]
Japan: Eiji Kawashima 6,40 - Yuto Nagatomo 6,10, Maya Yoshida 5,40, Yasuyuki Konno 5,60, Atsuto Uchida 5,30 (73' Hiroki Sakai 5,70) - Keisuke Honda 7,60, Yasuhito Endō 7,00, Shinji Kagawa 7,70, Makoto Hasebe 6,20 (90' Kengo Nakamura) - Shinji Okazaki 7,00, Ryoichi Maeda 6,10 (79' Mike Havenaar). - coach: Alberto Zaccheroni 6,50. = average: 6,34 [good]