Asterix wrote:
Arsenal player Takuma Asano scored for Japan in their 2-0 win over Australia last night with a nice little volley cushioned into the corner. His job was made a lot easier by our defenders standing still and letting him run into the box by himself to connect with the cross.
Japan have now qualified for the World Cup, and did so with Honda, Kagawa and Okazaki watching from the bench. The current crop of Australians are generally not at a high level.
Watched the entire match, Japan was heads and shoulders better than Australia. Asano was really dangerous, very good movement off the ball. Can see he was not on the same wavelength as his RB Sakai but plenty of positives all round. Should be taking Walcott place next year.
Australia can still qualify automatically and I will back them to do it, at home to Thailand and just need to outscore Saudi who had a tough match against Japan.
