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#4 Asian dominance in the coming years?
World Cup 3rd place winners Belgium were almost knocked out by the Asian representatives Japan in the round of 16 in the tournament earlier this year, but fate and Nacer Chadli had other plans as the Belgian winger scored the winner in stoppage time.
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But the fixture definitely showed what Japan were capable of. Nobody would believe they were leading a side like Belgium 2-0 going into 40 minutes in the match before Jan Vertonghen scored for Belgium.
Japan have continued their World Cup form with yesterday's 4-3 win over South American heavyweights Uruguay. Not only Japan, China too struck 2 times against Syria to claim a win, and South Korea were held to a 2-2 draw by Panama, which would not be considered the worst of results for the South Koreans.
Are we looking at an Asian dominance in international football in the coming years?
