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Experimental Japan also building for future

You have to admire the 'cojones' of Javier Aguirre. The Mexican appointed in July to instill some fire, brimstone and bloody-mindedness into the Japan national team, was not fazed at all by the prospect of a friendly with Brazil on October 14.

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Asian Cup an open field: Verbeek

Former Socceroo coach Pim Verbeek says the Asian Cup's timing and a raft of new coaches makes it a tough competition to predict when it kicks off in January 2015.

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Asian Cup contenders wrap

With the countdown to Australia hosting the 2015 AFC Asian Cup on in earnest, all but one of January's participants were in action during the recent international friendly window. And it wasn't just the Socceroos who couldn't win this week.