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Japan triumphed with the Asian Cup! 29.01.2011

Japan triumphed with the Asian Cup. "Samurai" coped with the team after extra time in Australia and deservedly lifted the trophy. In normal time the match is over the score 0:0, and in the 110-minute Lee scored a goal which brought the triumph of Japan. This is the sixth success for the "samurai" in this tournament.

The match, however, started strongly in Australia. Also in 3-minute Harry Kewell could have scored a goal for "kangaroos", but failed. Cahill fired twice with excellent head, but not scored. Japan responded with a more interesting situation in the first half, when Maeda missed.

The second half started as the first ended - with the pressures of Australia. At 49 minutes after tsentirane of Wilshire Cahill came close to goal, initially remaining doubts that the ball is still passed golliniyata. However, replays showed that the arbitrator was wrong in not held goal.

So in 90 minutes both teams failed to win. Came to the sequels, in which Australia once again had the better positions. Ultimately, however, Japan reached the goal.

In the 110-minute cross from the left Nagamoto, and Lee with a stunning volley kick sent the ball into the door of feckless Shvartsar. By the end Australia shed in violent attacks in the last 120 minutes, it was deadly melee, but the "samurai" somehow held up and celebrated the outcome.


AUSTRALIA - JAPAN 0:1 (after extra time)
0:1 Lee (110)

AUSTRALIA
Shvartsar, Uilkshar Neil, Ognenovski, Carney, Yedinak, Valeri, Holman (65 Emerton), McKay, Cahill (113 Kilkenny), Kewell (103 Cruz)

JAPAN
Kavashima, Uchida (119 Inoha) Yoshida, Konoha, Nagamoto, Endo, Hasebe, Okazaki, Honda, Fujimoto (56 Ivamasa), Maeda (98 Lee)