Friday 6 July 2018

THEY FINISHED 11TH: JAPAN

Samurai you win. Samurai you lose. And sometimes you lose and yet can still be regarded as winners. That’s a fair summation of Japan’s World Cup 2018. They qualified on yellow cards, but against Belgium really showed how good a team they are. Only fatigue in the final 20 minutes cost them, against one of the tournament’s strongest nations. So no shame going out. Although having been 2 up with 20 to go, you think what if… what if…

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