Before this World Cup Japan had never qualified for the second round and had never won a World Cup match on foreign soil. They'd suffered a recent run of really bad form so were expected to just make up the numbers in their group. Tonight they smashed Denmark in style. The match only ended 3-1 but that was because after about 20 minutes the Japanese stopped playing and just started showing off.
In the other game the Netherlands beat Cameroon 2-1 leaving the Dutch with a perfect run of 3 wins in the group stage and Cameroon with a less then perfect run of three defeats.
That means the final standings in Group E are;
1. Netherlands 9pts
2. Japan 6pts
3. Denmark 3pts
4.Cameroon 0pts
So Netherlands go through as group winners and will have to watch their ankles when they play Slovakia. Japan go through as runners up to play Paraguay and look like serious contenders for the quarter finals.
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