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Struggling Japan organise emergency warm-up


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By Joffa - 6 Jun 2010 9:38 PM

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Struggling Japan organise emergency warm-up
Reuters - June 6, 2010, 10:49 pm

TOKYO, June 6 (Reuters) - Japan have lined up an extra match on the eve of the World Cup to make some late tweaks after an alarming run of form in the build-up to the finals.

Japan slumped to their fourth defeat in a row against Ivory Coast last Friday and coach Takeshi Okada has pencilled in a game at their World Cup base before the tournament begins on June 11.

"We have asked for a practice game and I think it will be okay," Okada told Japanese reporters before leaving their Swiss training camp for their South African base in George.

"We are looking at playing a national side," added Okada, whose Blue Samurai face Cameroon in their Group E opener on June 14. "If that can't happen we will look at some local team."

Possible teams Okada will look to play in George include Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and even Madagascar.

Japan, who have never won a World Cup game on foreign soil, also play the Netherlands and Denmark in the first round.


http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/7354313/struggling-japan-organise-emergency-warmup


Probably something we should do as well.
By zimbos_05 - 7 Jun 2010 3:19 PM

PK75AU wrote:
Diego's Son wrote:
zimbos_05 wrote:
was thinking if australia could this. would be good if they could.....

play zimbabwe:p :p :p :p


Won't happen, politics will get in the way here, I was surprised Brazil even played them.


be very interesting to know what was brazil's incentive to play in zimbabwe (of all places!?!?), and WHO provided that incentive :-k


because zimbabwe is awesome. brazil were the smart ones here taking up the opportunity to play in such a great country.

granted the govt is messed up, but everything else, brilliant.


hahaha, ZIFA offered Brazil a 1.5mill us deal to play in zim. Brazil fa accepted and duly obliged.

just quickly on the politics note. whats so wrong about playing zimbabwe. there are other countries out there with far worse human rights records and yet countries still play them. whenever zimbabwe gets thrown into the picture, there is a big uproar, but no one gives a shit about israel, north korea, china, iran just to name a few.

and zimbabwe is safe. far safer than india, pakistan, some parts of the us, heck some part os australia also.