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Takefusa Kubo’s Spanish La Liga club Real Sociedad scored late in both halves to beat Tokyo Verdy 2-0 in Wednesday’s friendly match. In front of 40,150 fans at Tokyo’s National Stadium, Urko Gonzalez de Zarate opened the scoring from outside the box in the 45th minute, and Arsen Zakharyan doubled the lead in second-half stoppage time. Verdy’s Keito Kawamura had a chance to equalize eight minutes from time, but his shot hit the right post and bounced away. Kubo started and played for 48 minutes, showing off his dribbling and passing skills. “It was good to play at this National Stadium for the …

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