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May 31, 2010
Own-Goals Deny Japan Historic England Win: Japan scored all three goals in their final World Cup warm-up match against Engkand. And lost 2-1. Yuji Nakazawa and Marcus 'Tulio' Tanaka both put the ball in their own net in the second half, denying the country its first-ever win over the Brits.
And the penalty miss. Don't forget the penalty miss. :-)
posted by owlhouse at 08:16 PM on May 31, 2010
Highlights from the game right here.
posted by DudeDykstra at 10:16 PM on May 31, 2010
Too late for Capello to get Nakazawa and Tanaka into his squad of 23?
posted by JJ at 07:27 AM on June 01, 2010
To my untrained eye, both of those own goals looked pretty accidental. Though I can't say what would give it away. And the penalty miss was by England, not Japan.
posted by TheQatarian at 03:26 PM on June 01, 2010
And the penalty miss was by England, not Japan.
Who's to say both teams weren't trying to fix it? That would explain a lot. NB - ":-)" again.
/But still checks with his bookie in Kuala Lumpur.
posted by owlhouse at 07:53 PM on June 01, 2010
Since Owlhouse's story from last week told us that "Own goals are scored "in just under 20 per cent of fixed matches", compared to only 10 per cent of honest games." What the percentages when 2 are scored?