Japan's ambition to defend their Asian Cup title failed this year as they were defeated by United Arab Emirates from the penalty shoot out. The Blue Samurai were favorite to overcome their opponent, but a poor start put them in all sort of troubles.

Japan perfected their group stage campaign in 2015 Asian Cup after securing a comfortable victory over Jordan. Already securing their place into the next round with two victories, the Blues Samurai continue to put on serious performance on their final group game.

Defending champion, Japan starting off their Asian Cup title defense in a convincing fashion after defeating Palestine 4-0. Having a superior players quality along with experience, the Blue Samurai dominated proceedings since early minutes.

Brazil continue to look confidence under Carlos Dunga's reign as they picked up another friendly win, defeating Japan in Singapore. Staging the tie at neutral venue, both teams were keen on showcasing their potential, but it was Brazil that looked dominant.

Brazil keeping their positive record under Dunga's reign going after grabbing another friendly win on midweek, this time they defeated Japan 4-0 with all of the goals scored by Neymar.

Asian giant, Japan failed to pick up a positive result on their latest friendly fixture as Javier Aguirre's men were beaten by Uruguay. After a quite disappointing World Cup 2014 campaign, Blue Samurai squad were keen on restarting their international football campaign in a positive manner under new boss Aguirre.

Only grabbing one point from three group games, Japan have to end their World Cup 2014 campaign in the group stages a situation that was not expected by the Asian giant forcing the eventual departure of Alberto Zaccheroni as their head coach.

Colombia confirmed their table topping position in Group C of World Cup 2014 after snatching all three points against Japan. Already confirming their passage into the knock out stages of that tournament, Colombia still putting on an aggressive approach despite resting many of their starters.

Japan's dream in securing a place into the second round of World Cup 2014 is pretty slim at the moment after only collecting one point from their previous two group games. However, that situation doesn't make their star midfielder, Keisuke Honda giving up any of his hope as he ensured that Japan will keep on fighting as long as there's still any slight of chance for them to advance.

Only grabbing one point from their first two matches in World Cup 2014 campaign, Japan national are in the brink of elimination. This situation is not a comforting for the Blue Samurai players, including their star man, Shinji Kagawa.

Japan and Greece's hope of advancing into the second round of World Cup 2014 gets slimmer as both of share a point on their meeting this midweek. Having lost their opening fixtures, both Japan along with Greece were keen on redeeming things by targeting three points on their second match.

Only being placed as substitute player on Ivory Coast opening fixture against Japan, Didier Drogba proved his importance by inspiring his team into victory in that game. That influential display didn't go unnoticed by the African side's head coach, Sabri Lamouchi, who admitted to the press that Drogba is an essential part of his team.