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He played the last 25 minutes or so.

 

Uzbekistan have an incredible defensive record, only one goal conceded in 8 qualifying games so far. Today's game was a dead rubber anyway, both sides had already qualified for the next stage, and there doesn't appear to be any weighting placed on winning the group as far as I can see.

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He played the last 25 minutes or so.

 

Uzbekistan have an incredible defensive record, only one goal conceded in 8 qualifying games so far. Today's game was a dead rubber anyway, both sides had already qualified for the next stage, and there doesn't appear to be any weighting placed on winning the group as far as I can see.

Thanks Steve.

The Japanese coach said it was not a dead rubber, that the final positions in the group did count for seeding in the next stage on one of the preview sites I read.

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Thanks Steve.

The Japanese coach said it was not a dead rubber, that the final positions in the group did count for seeding in the next stage on one of the preview sites I read.

Ah ok, fair enough. I had a look through the qualification procedures document on the FIFA website and it didn't mention anything about seeding.

 

The next stage is 2 groups of 5, made up of the 5 group winners and 5 group runners-up from the current stage - not entirely sure how they'd seed that, unless it's done in points order or something like that.

 

From there, the top 2 in each group qualify for the World Cup, with the two third-placed teams playing off for the right to enter a playoff against the winners of the Oceania group (which will almost certainly be New Zealand).

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Off topic I know, but expect to see Uzbekistan in Brazil 2014. Very good team.

 

This is certainly NOT evidence that Tadanari Lee is a poor buy.

 

They got to the SF of the Asian Cup and then completely capitulated against the Aussies and lost 6-0.

 

No prizes for guessing who got Japan's winning goal against Australia in the final ;)

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Why was one of Asia's leading lights only on the bench? ;)

Because they decided to play a fat boy from one of the northern islands in Japan instead. Turned out he wasn't "Japan Fit" and so they took him off 2nd half and put Chung on instead.

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