"We didn't play a good game. We started well but Japan got control of the ball and gave us some serious problems. We were very close to going out of the World Cup but fortunately we were clinical enough up front to get the two goals, the first of them coming when they were having their best spell. We're through to the next round but we have to improve if we're going to stay in the tournament because today's performance was very poor." Jose Luis Gonzalez China, Mexico coach