Sure but they can't win only with being thugs, as Japan can't win only being fairly. And, sorry if someone can feel it offensive but only Japan and a few other asian teams can be titled Champions of Sportsmanship and Fair Play cuz team as Qatar, SK, KDPR and others always act violently and brutal against Japan as far or far ore then Latin America teams like Uruguay.
Uruguay didn't need to play dirty to beat us, unfortunately. They do seem to take it more seriously then some other teams traveling to Japan though. Its good to get real match practice to evaluate players. Venezuela is a obviously a notch below and usually doesn't provide much competition.
Whats all these news(today) about match fixing(real zaragoza case) ? It says He fly to the Spain about it… and returned to the Japan. Any announcement by JFA ?
Yesterday there was lots of press after Afuirre's come back to Japan and press conference made JFA because of that. So far there are no charges against Aguirre in that case. Rumors are that some heads rolled in JFA after not checking that out before Aguirre took the place as JNT coach and they're making some moves to find someone for the post if he really was into match fixing.
http://www.espndeportes.com/news/st...mano-del-levante-zaragoza-entre-ellos-aguirre long, detailed article on Aguirre's case (spanish only, sorry)