Japan arrived at the 2014 World Cup in confident mood having won five straight international friendlies, but Alberto Zaccheroni’s side went on to lose their opening match against Ivory Coast after squandering a one-goal lead.
This basically means that the next match against Greece is a must-win for them, and it would appear as though the Blue Samurai are closer to winning the clash than their European opponents, who are struggling for form at the moment.
And with no proven goalscorers in the squad, it will again be up to attacking midfielders to try and help Japan record what would be a very important triumph, so you might want to know that Ladbrokes has a special price of 9/1 on Kagawa to score the first goal.
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