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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ qualifier: Japan - Bahrain

Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki (L) and captain Yuji Nakazawa (R) celebrate
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Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki (L) and captain Yuji Nakazawa (R) celebrate

Sunday, 22 June 2008
Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki (L) and captain Yuji Nakazawa (R) celebrate their team's goal against Bahrain during the second half of the 2010 World Cup qualifier at Saitama Stadium on June 22, 2008. Japan won 1-0. Both Japan and Bahrain have already booked places in the final round in September, edging out Oman and Thailand in their group. AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI
  • Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki (L) and captain Yuji Nakazawa (R) celebrate
  • Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki (top, #12) watches the ball as it goes in for a Japanese goal
  • Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki celebrates
  • Japan's football national team head coach Takeshi Okada reacts
  • Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki celebrates his team's goal against Bahrain during the second half of
  • Bahrain's defender Abbas Saeed Ayyad (bottom) sweeps the ball
  • Japan's midfielder Kengo Nakamura (C) crashes with Bahrain's defender Abbas Saeed Ayyad
  • Japan's midfielder Keisuke Honda (2nd L) fights for the ball with Bahrain's Sayed Mohmood Jalal Alwadaei
  • Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki (L, #12) watches the ball
  • Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki celebrates
  • Japan's forward Seiichiro Maki celebrates his team's goal against Bahrain during the second half of
  • Japan's defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka (2nd L) and teammates celebrate
  • Japan's midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura (C, #10) is in the air following a crash with Bahrain defender's, Mohamed Husain (L, #2) and Sayed Mohmood Jalal Alwadaei (L, #7)
  • Bahrain's midfielder Mahmood Abdulrahman (2nd R) fights for the ball with Japan's players, midfielder Kengo Nakamura (L), midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura (2nd L) and forward Hisato Sato
  • Japan's defender Yuji Nakazawa (R) heads the ball against Bahrain during the first half of the 2010
  • Japan's midfielder Kengo Nakamura (L) clashes with Bahrain's midfielder Sayed Mohmood Jalal Alwadaei