Japan's Record with Zico!

[Bauvafa]

Japan played 13 friendlies in 2003 and 12 in 2004 plus all the official games under Zico.

2003
Japan 2-2 Uruguay friendly
South Korea 0-1 Japan friendly
Japan 0-1 South Korea friendly
Japan 1-4 Argentine friendly
Japan 0-0 Paraguay friendly
New Zealand 0-3 Japan Confederations Cup group stage
France 2-1 Japan Confederations Cup group stage
Colombia 1-0 Japan Confederations Cup group stage
Japan 3-0 Nigeria friendly
Japan 0-1 Senegal friendly
Tunisia 0-1 Japan friendly
Rumania 1-1 Japan friendly
Japan 0-0 Cameroon friendly
Japan 2-0 China friendly
Japan 1-0 Hong Kong friendly
Japan 0-0 South Korea friendly

2004
Japan 5-0 Malaysia friendly
Japan 3-0 Iraq friendly
Japan 1-0 Oman WCQ first round
Singapore 1-2 Japan WCQ first round
Hungary 3-2 Japan friendly
Czech 0-1 Japan friendly
Iceland 2-3 Japan friendly
England 1-1 Japan friendly
Japan 7-0 India WCQ first round
Japan 3-1 Slovakia friendly
Japan 1-0 Serbia&Montenegro friendly
Oman 0-1 Japan Asian Cup group stage
Thailand 1-4 Japan Asian Cup group stage
Iran 0-0 Japan Asian Cup group stage
Jordan 1-1 Japan Asian Cup quarterfinal
Bahrain 3-4 Japan Asian Cup semifinal
China 1-3 Japan Asian Cup final
Japan 1-2 Argentina friendly
India 0-4 Japan
Oman 0-1 Japan WCQ first round
Japan 1-0 Singapore WCQ first round
Japan 0-3 Germany friendly

2005
Japan 4-0 Kazakhstan friendly
Japan 3-0 Syria friendly
Japan 2-1 North Korea WCQ final round

 

[Behdad]

Wow!
Thats a preaty good record!!
They have beat everyone in asia exept for IRAN, if im not mistaken!

 

[TheAli]

Some impressive scores:

2003
Japan 3-0 Nigeria friendly

2004
Czech 0-1 Japan friendly
England 1-1 Japan friendly

They have played many friendly games. I hope Iran also schedule soem more friendlies with likes of England and Czeck Rep. Those games will be crucial in estimating our power!

Indeed, we have some general idea about the scores Japan has obtained during the last two years. Now my questions is: What formation has Japan employed in those games? What is the most common formation of the Japanese team? For example, in their draw against England (1-1), what formation have they used? Can someone answer these questions?