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Japan crashed out of the World Cup finals in heartbreaking fashion on Tuesday after a 5-3 penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the second round. Yuichi Komano missed Japan’s third spot kick and Oscar Carodozo buried the decisive penalty to give the South Americans victory after a goal-less 120 minutes and deny Japan a first [...]
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2006 World Cup winner Italy crash out, Japan moves through to final 16
June 25th, 2010 
admin Paraguay secured top spot in Group F after playing out a stalemate Thursday with New Zealand, but the scoreless draw was the only dour affair in an eventful day of World Cup action. In one of the tournament’s biggest shocks, 2006 champions Italy failed to move past the group stage after going down to Slovakia, [...]
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No Comments »World Cup News : Japan overpowers Denmark to cruise into last 16
June 25th, 2010 admin A pair of fabulous first-half free kicks from Keisuke Honda and Yasuhito Endo and a late strike from substitute Shinji Okazaki powered Japan to a 3-1 win over Denmark on Thursday and into the second round of the World Cup finals. The Japanese needed only a point to secure their passage into the last 16 [...]
Posted in Football Tags: denmark vs japan, denmark world cup, fifa world cup, japan world cup No Comments »FIFA World Cup : Sneijder shoots down Japan to see Dutch through, Cameroon out
June 20th, 2010 admin A second- half strike from Wesley Sneijder proved decisive as the Netherlands condemned Japan to a 1-0 defeat in Group E. Japan defended valiantly for long stretches at Durban Stadium but had their resistance broken when Inter Milan star Sneijder struck on 53 minutes to make it two wins out of two and send Bert [...]
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