Asian Cup Preview: Syria Vs Japan
Syrian coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Qatar-c2986 Sports Club Stadium and the highflying Syrians will surely be looking to
prove their critics wrong, who suggested that the historic 2-1 win against Saudi Arabia was a fluke.
Striker, Abdulrazak Al Husein scored 2 goals as Syria beat the mighty Saudi Arabian side 2-1 to give themselves a chance to progress to the knockout stages. If http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Syria-c3017 are able to cause another upset in the space of three days by beating Japan, they will be
guaranteed a berth in the knockout stage of Asia’s biggest football event.
But Tita Valeriu knows that the game against Japan is completely a different scenario, and a win will be even more ground-breaking for the Syrians. The experienced coach stressed that his team would have to perform even better than they did in their last
match if they are to take down the Japanese. The Romanian has made sure that his team doesn’t get carried away after the win against Saudi Arabia.
''After our win against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Saudi-Arabia-c3000, I spoke to my players and told them that they should not get over-confident and they should be realistic,'' he said. ''I think qualification is still very open for all four teams."
The Syrian team has to realize that there is no yesterday in football. There is today and there is tomorrow. One great win doesn’t guarantee a fantastic journey for the team and they should not get complacent as they take on the Japanese side, which is managed
by former Juventus coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-c4309 Zaccheroni. The players have to use the good morale from the historic win and use it to extract 3 or even 1 point from the game at hand.
An injury time equalizer by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordan-c2929 hasn’t
completely ruled out http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Japan-c2928’s chances of progressing to the next round of the Asian Cup, but they will certainly not be looking for a draw against Syria.
The stakes are pretty high for the Japanese side as they are considered to be http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Keisuke-Honda-c20516 and Endo, the Japanese team has a lot of attacking prowess
that can shake any team’s defence.
Zaccheroni insists that his players aren’t physically at their best after a long first half of the season, especially those who are playing in Europe, as they had very little time to prepare for this tournament. But it is very important that the Japanese
hit top gear in this game, as a draw can make qualification for the next round pretty tricky.
Group B standings
Team P W D L Points
Syria 1 1 0 0 3
Japan 1 0 1 0 1
Jordan 1 0 1 0 1
S.Arabia 1 0 0 1 0
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