Japan have it all to do tonight when the face Brazil in their Group F match. Even if they win against Brazil, they will need the other result between Croatia and Australia to go their way to stand any chance of making it to the next round. Why you may ask?
The Aussies have three [...]

Coach Zico is blaming the World Cup organisers for the team’s underperformance in the World Cup. He believes the organisers made his team play twice in the scorching sun and that affected performance. The story makes me laugh because I haven’t seen Australia or Croatia complaining about the weather.
In my opinion, [...]

What can I say about this match!
Another missed opportunity by Japan to get three points on the board.
The highlights of the match were goalkeeper Kawaguchi saving a penalty in the 22nd minute and Atsushi Yanagisawa missing from about 3 yards in front of goal. Definitely the miss of the tournament in my opinion.
The [...]

Japan face Croatia on Sunday in a make or break match in Nuremberg. Coach Zico is ready to ditch the 3-5-2 formation that proved disastrous against the Aussies and revert to a 4-4-2 formation.
As this is a must win game for the Blue Samurai, he will hope to add more offensive power by allowing the [...]

The Socceroos came from behind to stun the Blue Samurai with three goals in the last 10 minutes.
Tim Cahill a super sub who I blogged about earlier was the hero of the day with two goals in the space of five minutes. You can read up on how the drama unfolded right here.
Japan have it [...]

I have been following this game on my PC at work courtesy Worldcupblog’s liveblog .
The game seems fairly entertaining although I heard Japan scored a bizzare goal. I will look out for that when I see the highlights later.
The Socceroos have had most of the possession but the Blue Samurai have the [...]

With only a few hours to go before Japan’s game against Australia, I have been analysing the Socceroos team to see the dangermen who could cause the Japan team a lot of problems.

On the eve of their first match in the World Cup, Coach Zico has urged his players to play with a lot of confidence when they face the Socceroos tomorrow.
He wants them to build on the 2-2 draw with Germany in a friendly and try and match Australia physically.
The Japan defenders will have to [...]

Japan start their adventure in the 2006 Germany World Cup tomorrow against Australia in Kaiserslautern. Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura has been passed fit so should start in midfield while double act strikers Naohiro Takahara and Atsushi Yanagisawa should also start after overcoming knocks.
Winger Akira Kaji however hasn’t recovered from an ankle problem so will not [...]

Shunsuke Nakamura the Japan midfielder player is expecting to play against Australia on Monday. Nakamura who was a doubt with a tweeked knee has confirmed that he should be fit to take his place in midfield.
This news must be a boost to the Japan squad who are still sweating of the fitness of Japan [...]