USA! USA! USA!
Australia v. Japan LIVE in 10 minutes!!
The two sides have never met at the FIFA World Cup although they did face each other in the semi-finals of the FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001, where Japan were narrow 1-0 winners thanks to Hidetoshi Nakata's pinpoint free-kick. In ten meetings overall, Japan have three victories to their name and Australia four.
We haven't won a World Cup game in Europe since 1934.
And we don't have Mexico in our group to provide us with an easy win.
Respect is out there.