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Shameer can India, Bangladesh or Pakistan play­ football? Your name sounds like West Asian or Arab. I­ don't think West Asians can't play football.­ Always dominated by far east oriental asians in that­ part of continent. At least Japan has qualified to­ every world cup since 1998. And their youth teams are­ better than any team in the world. J-League had players­ like Hulk but he's gone to FC Porto. When J-League­ started they had so many top international stars.­ Almost half the world cup 94 winning Brazil players­ were playing... I know they (Japan) are @#$%. But not­ that @#$%. Cos top clubs won't go to friendlies­ there much. Real and Man United had humiliating defeats­ to likes of Verdy Tokyo 1969 and Kashima Antlers.­ Anyways I'm half English (My mum is English) so I­ support England only. I was born in London. Don't­ support Japan and don't care.

mourinho would be pissed....

sneijder suffers a BIG injury in his ankle!!!:(

nobody thought japan win against netherlands in­ japan.
some players are good, but other .... lol

Honda plays for VVV Venlo and Hasebe plays for VfL­ Wolfsburg. For your information cos someone said only­ Nakamura plays overseas. Rumours has that Chelsea were­ checking out Honda for the January transfer window but­ now it wont happen!

thats european level. although japan hasnt been­ reaching yet, they will be better. think they need more­ power, such as physical stuff. but sometimes dont­ understand what a japanese manager is doing...

I'm not disputing that J-League has good players.­ But I'm jut arguing that Japan is not the best team­ in Asia. Argentina and Brazil are way ahead of everyone­ except Spain in bringing young players through. The­ difference of the quality of players is massive. Look­ at the players come through Japan and players from­ Brazil. Who would you rather have? Kaka or Nakamura?­ That's why SAF wants Brazilian players not­ Japanese. Saying that anyone can give any top class­ team a good run for their money on their day.

Shameer, jus tbecause the J-League isint good enough­ dosent mean there isint any decent players in there,­ okay so the brazilian league isint exactly the­ greatest! but there is still players in the league that­ manchester united want! and if fergie think your good­ you cant be that bad! same for argentina league how­ many team can you name from the league ?? but still­ boca juniors and some unheard teams seem to be able to­ produce players that is world class standard! :) and­ okay i thought U.S.A is ment to be pathetic at­ "soccer" becasue they have all thier other­ sports but they seem to be able to beat spain and give­ brazil a good run for thier money! ;)

To watch highlights of all the goals in Holland's­ 3-0 win, Google "totalfootballmadness"

To qualify they changed football region to Asia from­ Oceania.

australia is not asia

Australia finished the qualifying unbeaten, Japan­ qualified second. WC2006 Australia beat Japan in group­ stages qualifying from Oceania. Then lost to a dive­ from Grosso to Italy who were the eventual winners.­ Australia ranked 14th in the World. Japan 40th.­ Australia beat Ireland 3-0 in Ireland and a much­ stronger Holland 2-1 in Rotterdam. A-League plays with­ a salary cap and focused on bringing young players­ though the system that's why A-League hasn't­ performed. All the other Asian Clubs have unlimited­ cash to spend.

lets just hope the dutch dont mess it up on the big­ stage

Be nice if you knew what you were talking about­ there,
Viduka is old and @#$%, Kewell has gone AWOL,­ Neill and Grella are past it.

Japan have several­ players in European leagues, I'd put money on them­ getting further than Australia.
Australia have a far­ worse National League, the A-league is more of a joke­ than the J-league.
But not by far.

End of the day, no­ Asian club will win the world cup or come close anytime­ soon.

Yehhhhhhhh 3-0 HOLLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

where is roben?!?! is he injured in this match?! please­ replyy

All hail Van Persie and Sneijder COME ON­ HOLLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3-0!!!!! great hunter!!:)

Well Done Holland. Bring on two attacking players in­ the 2nd half and two goals. That's the difference­ between the two sides. Australia are by far the best­ team in Asia when they have all of their best players.­ Cahill,Viduka,Kewell, Neill,Emerton,Grella. Japan say­ they want to reach the semi finals of the world cup.­ They'll be lucky to get a point in the group­ stages. J-League is not good enough and whole Japanese­ team is from that league except Nakamura.

Yehhhhhhhhh 2-0 Holland!!!!!!!!!!