This will be the 1,000th match in FIFA World Cup history. It is being played 96 years after the first matches in the history of the tournament, when Montevideo hosted France-Mexico (4-1) and USA-Belgium (3-0).

Tunisia and Japan are meeting at the FIFA World Cup for the second time. Their first encounter came in the 2002 group stage, where Japan won 2-0 on home soil, a match that notably included Hidetoshi Nakata’s only World Cup goal.