Togo's Liabe Kpatoumbi, right, battles for the ball against Japan's Yuji Nakazawa in the air during their friendly soccer match in Rifu, northern Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Japan won the match 5-0. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Togo's Liabe Kpatoumbi, right, battles for the ball against Japan's Yuji Nakazawa in the air during their friendly soccer match in Rifu, northern Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Japan won the match 5-0.

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  2. Japan's national soccer team players pose for photographers prior to the Asian Group One 2010 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Bahrain at Saitamal Stadium near Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, March 28, 2009. Front row, left to right; Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Yoshito Okubo, Tatsuya Tanaka, Keiji Tamada. Back row, left to right; Seigo Narazaki, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Shunsuke Nakamura, Makoto Hasebe, Yuji Nakazawa, Atsuto Uchida.
  3. Yuji Nakazawa of Japan (R) fights for the ball with Benni McCarthy of South Africa during their international friendly soccer match at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.
  4. Yuji Nakazawa of Japan controls the ball during their international friendly soccer match against South Africa at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.
  5. Yuji Nakazawa of Japan (R) fights for the ball with Reneilwe Letsholonyane of South Africa during their international friendly soccer match at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.
  6. Members of Japan's national soccer team and coach Takeshi Okada, wearing gray suit in front center, pose for a photo session during the public unveiling event of their new uniforms designed for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Players are from left in back row are Daiki Iwamasa, Yuki Abe, Keisuke Iwashita and Yuichi Komano. Shusaku Nishikawa and Eiji Kawashima. From left in middle row are Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Hisato Sato, Yoshito Okubo, Yasuyuki Konno, Yasuhito Endo and Shinji Okazaki. From left in front row are Yuji Nakazawa, Yuhei Tokunaga, Okada, Atsuto Uchida, and Kenji Tamada.
  7. Japan's national soccer team coach Takeshi Okada, second right in front row, smiles with his players during the public unveiling event of their uniform designed for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Players are from left top; Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Daiki Iwamasa, Yuki Abe, Keisuke Iwashita and Yuichi Komano. From second left in middle row; Yoshito Okubo, Yasuyuki Konno, Yasuhito Endo and Shinji Okazaki. From left in front row; Yuji Nakazawa, Yuhei Tokunaga, Atsuto Uchida, Okada, and Kenji Tamada.
  8. Togo's Liabe Kpatoumbi, right, battles for the ball against Japan's Yuji Nakazawa in the air during their friendly soccer match in Rifu, northern Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Japan won the match 5-0.
  9. Japan's Takayuki Morimoto (28) celebrates with his teammates Kengo Nakamura (14),Yuji Nakazawa ,(22) and Shinji Okazaki after scoring a goal during their friendly soccer match against Togo, in Rifu northern Japan Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
  10. Japan's starting football players (top L-R) Shusaku Nishikawa, Makoto Hasebe, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, and (bottom L-R) Yuichi Komano, Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Okazaki, Yoshito Okubo and Keiji Tamada pose for photographers prior to their Asian Cup final-round qualifier against Hong Kong at Outsourcing Stadium in Shizuoka on October 8, 2009. Japan won the match 6-0.
  11. Japan's national soccer team members pose prior to their Asian Cup qualifier against Hong Kong in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo, October 8, 2009. Shusaku Nishikawa, Makoto Hasebe, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka (L-R in back row), Yuichi Komano, Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Okazaki, Yoshito Okubo, Keiji Tamada (L-R in front row).
  12. Japan's Yuji Nakazawa (C) celebrates with his teammates Yoshito Okubo (R) and Daisuke Matsui after scoring a goal against Hong Kong during their Asian Cup qualifying soccer match in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo, October 8, 2009.
  13. Japan's Yuji Nakazawa (C) celebrates with his teammates Yoshito Okubo (R) and Daisuke Matsui after scoring a goal against Hong Kong during their Asian Cup qualifying soccer match in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo, October 8, 2009.

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