Yes, Honda and Endo are dangerous but mostly when it comes to...

Yes, Honda and Endo are dangerous but mostly when it comes to set pieces. Honda hasn't done much in the tournament and Endo played really poorly in the semi-final, at least in the 90 minutes of normal time I saw.

Kagawa, who Man Utd have apparently put a $30 million price tag on, had a very poor game by his standards as well. Two ordinary games in a row will be unusual by his own high standards and recent good form.

I think the biggest dangers for Australia lie elsewhere though in the blistering runs up the left and right-hand flanks by Nagatomo and Uchida respectively crossing into the box for the lightning quick Okazaki to pounce on.

Japan was very, very unlucky not to score from such a situation early on last night from one such run from Nagatomo crossing into the box for Okazaki only to be denied by a lucky, flailing parry from the keeper which rebounded back into play off the upright.

Who does Australia have to run with these guys?