HANOI: Japan’s players were left to pick up the pieces yesterday after their devastating defeat by Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup semi-finals.
Their bid for a third straight title came to a shuddering halt in Wednesday’s 3-2 loss to a Saudi side who had never beaten the Japanese in the continent’s premier competition.
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