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Originally Posted by Acey
A competent counter-attack can sink this Japan team, and it's about the only thing that can. Once they fall back into the 4-4-2 you're not getting anything anywhere on the field cause they're disciplined, so it has to be on the counter. Arguably the best counter-attacking forward of this tourney has been De Vanna of Australia so it'll be interesting to see if she can get anything going on Saturday.
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They played each other twice at last year's Asian Cup. In the group game Australia blew a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2. Japan won 1-0 in the final.