SYDNEY : Japan have fallen on harder times since the golden age when they won the 2011 Women's World Cup and reached the final four years later but the Nadeshiko remain Asia's best hope of success in Australia and New Zealand.They will have to do it without Mana Iwabuchi, however, after the 30-year-old pl
SYDNEY : Japan have fallen on harder times since the golden age when they won the 2011 Women's World Cup and reached the final four years later but the Nadeshiko remain Asia's best hope of success in Australia and New Zealand.
That team captured the hearts of a nation still coming to terms with the tragedy of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people along the country's northeast coast earlier the same year. Matching up physically with other teams can also be a challenge - the average height for women in Japan is 1.58m compared to 1.63m in the United States - but the Nadeshiko made up for their lack of stature with a dazzling passing game.
"There are fast players on Zambia's frontline and they also have players who play in clubs outside of the country," he said.
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