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Even if Japan wins the match, perhaps it would have been expected by those who were watching the game in Japan which started at 3:30 a.m. in Japanese Time that Japan would defeat Denmark 1-0 or so. Or some of them must have expected that Japan would draw with Denmark.
The fact is that Japan scored 3 points and beat Denmark perfectly; two direct free-kicks by Honda Keisuke (17 min.) and Endo Yasuhito (30 min.), and a late by Okazaki Shinji with an assist by Honda (87 min.)
Denmark's only goal Japan allowed was a unfortunate penalty kick by Tomasson thanks to THE REFEREE'S MISJUDGE! (81 min.) (Hasebe never pushed Agger from behind! Look in the eyes! Curse the f**kin' referee!)
According to FIFA, Honda, who achieved one goal and one assist, has been elected Man of the Match (see here**.)
And L'Equipe, a French newspaper, said "Honda, the Japanese motor" (originally in French "Honda, le moteur japonais.") (「本田〔＝ホンダ〕は日本のモーターだ」) (see here**.)
It's must be an ingenious French joke because Honda** is, as you know, also one of world-famous manufacturers of cars and motorcycles in Japan.
(Of course, the Japanese soccer player is not related to the car maker at all.)
It was about 6 a.m. when the match came to an end.
Almost all of fans in Japan must have had to go to school or office without sleeping----except myself.
I fell asleep after the game therefore it was about 0 p.m. when I woke up.
Today there were a lot of sleepless warriors in Japan.
By the way, it was neither expected nor wished by not only Japan's fans but also every Japanese media that Japan would enter the Quater-Finals (決勝トーナメント) and furthermore Japan would even win only one match, as I wrote before.
But it is sure that Japan's win against Cameroon Jun. 14 produced a lot of scratch fans of the Japan national football team, Samurai Blue.
And accroding to Asahi Shinbun, a Japanese daily newspaper, these flippant scratch fans on the internet apologized with Twitter, a microbloging service, to the team and the coach Okada Takeshi for underrating them before the World Cup began (see here* or mirror*.)
And L'Equipe, a French newspaper, said "Honda, the Japanese motor" (originally in French "Honda, le moteur japonais.") (「本田〔＝ホンダ〕は日本のモーターだ」) (see here**.)
It's must be an ingenious French joke because Honda** is, as you know, also one of world-famous manufacturers of cars and motorcycles in Japan.
(Of course, the Japanese soccer player is not related to the car maker at all.)
It was about 6 a.m. when the match came to an end.
Almost all of fans in Japan must have had to go to school or office without sleeping----except myself.
I fell asleep after the game therefore it was about 0 p.m. when I woke up.
Today there were a lot of sleepless warriors in Japan.
By the way, it was neither expected nor wished by not only Japan's fans but also every Japanese media that Japan would enter the Quater-Finals (決勝トーナメント) and furthermore Japan would even win only one match, as I wrote before.
But it is sure that Japan's win against Cameroon Jun. 14 produced a lot of scratch fans of the Japan national football team, Samurai Blue.
And accroding to Asahi Shinbun, a Japanese daily newspaper, these flippant scratch fans on the internet apologized with Twitter, a microbloging service, to the team and the coach Okada Takeshi for underrating them before the World Cup began (see here* or mirror*.)
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