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Features news coverage of Japan and its players, including match reports and general football news.
Top World Cup Transfer Targets
Now that the World Cup is over and the players are returning home for a couple of weeks of vacation and then joining their respective clubs for training and the pre-season. Managers will looking at the players that out-shone the cream of club football. Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo were nowhere to be seen and…
20 ‘Lesser Lights’ That Have Shone At The 2010 World Cup
With so many of the ‘big guns’ misfiring at this summer’s World Cup, I thought it was high time to take a look at some of the ‘lesser lights’ that have sparkled in South Africa. Below are the 20 players that, although having seen their sides crash (some more spectacularly than others) out of the…
World Cup News: Cristiano Ronaldo Spits His Dummy Out!
Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. There’s a bit of a strange hush falling across the planet today, as we face the first football-less day in nearly three weeks – and I tell ya, it just don’t feel right. However the good news is, although the action itself is…
Paraguay 0-0 (5-3 on penalties) Japan – Video Highlights
Read the Paraguay v Spain preview. Paraguay 0-0 (5-3) Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup 29 June 2010 It would go down to a penalty shoot-out in the penultimate round of 16 match as Paraguay edged Japan. The match didn’t have many chances during the first 90 minutes or extra time as both teams were a…
Paraguay vs Japan Preview
Paraguay vs Japan Round of 16, 2010 World Cup Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Tuesday, 29 June 2010 1500 (BST) / 1600 (Local Time) Watch Paraguay vs Japan live online. Match Preview Paraguay’s knockout opponents will be group E runners up Japan. After looking at the performances of the latter, I would have to fancy them….
World Cup 2010……What A Load Of Balls!
So here we are….2 weeks and 48 games into South Africa 2010 and if I had to sum up the World Cup so far I’d say it has been nothing but a load of balls! Or to be more specific…..a load of Jabulanis! Yes, I realize that this has been debated to death but the…
World Cup Podcast: England v Germany, the Art of Man Marking and Honda heroics
Check out the latest pint size Soccerlens World Cup Podcast with Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg. The two journalists study the tactical strengths and weaknesses of England and Germany ahead of their winner takes all clash in Bloemfontein on Sunday, rate Japan and Italy‘s contrasting displays, as well as taking a look at the best…
World Cup News: Marcello’s Getting Lippi!
Buon giorno and welcome, one and all, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. It may have caught your attention that the reigning champions Italy did a bit of a whoopsie last night, failing to overturn ‘little’ Slovakia (see below) and flying home early with their collective tails between their collective legs as a…
Denmark 1-3 Japan – Video Highlights
Denmark 1-3 Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup 24 June 2010 Japan would move into the knockout stage with a great 3-1 victory over Denmark. The Asian side started off quickly with goals from Keisuke Honda in the 17th minute. They would extend their 13 minutes later in the first half as Yasuhito Endo made it…
World Cup News: Patrice Evra Refuses To Blame Mice!
And lo, we find ourselves face-to-face once more. Welcome, friends, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. It would appear that, despite bravely limiting Mexico to only two goals the other night, all is not well within the French World Cup squad. Raymond Domenech‘s charges are falling apart at the seams, with Nicolas Anelka…
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