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Spain's Joan Capdevila holding the FIFA World Cup Trophy after defeating the Netherlands in the final. The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to ...
Japan scored two tremendous free-kicks and added a third against Denmark with a confident piece of skill from Keisuke Honda.Subscribe for the latest original...
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Japan's Keisuke Honda showed a fine touch and some quick thinking to score the only goal of an open match that also saw Cameroonian Stephane Mbia smash the b...
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A tense affair was settled by the width of a crossbar for Japan, who hit the woodwork once in normal time and once in a dramatic penalty shootout.Subscribe f...
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The Japan national football team in 2010, managed by head coach Takeshi Okada, began by competing in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification and the 2010 East Asian Football Championship in amongst other international friendly matches in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals where they would finish in 9th place.
Japan have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on seven occasions, the first being in 1998 where they lost all three group games and finished in 31st position. Masashi Nakayama scored Japan's first ever goal in a World Cup match against Jamaica on 26 June 1998 in a 2–1 defeat. [1] Keisuke Honda became the first Japanese player to score in three ...
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Expert recap and game analysis of the Japan vs. Denmark Fifa World Cup game from June 24, 2010 on ESPN. ... 2010 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage. Denmark. WDLWW. 1-0-2, 3 PTS. 1. Japan. WWLWW.
