Viana was hurt and had a five-year long separation from Portugal squad. After recovery, he found himself catch the last bus of UEFA EURO 2012.

Barcelona beat Santos 4-0 to win Club World Cup 2011

Aggressive Spain football is suffering a rare defeat in recent years. The matadors headed by Juan Mata were bad beat by Japan who brought 1-0 win surprise to the world.

South Korea closed the door on British. Penalty shoot-out became a permanent difficulty.

Japan upset Spain 1,0 on the first day of the mens Olympic football tournament.

Japan U23 0 - 0 Honduras U23 highlights

Japan 1-0 Iraq:Japan continued their march towards the finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup with a 1-0 win over an inexperienced Iraq at Saitama Stadium on 11.09.2012

The Olympic Football Women's semi-final match will start on August 6th, and the two focal games will decide the last winners of final confrontation. The first semi-final game will feature France against the new World Cup champion Japan. French team's performance in London 2012 is quite impressive, while the Japanese team tend to be more stable. The favorite son USA team will compete with Canada in the second semi-final game. Can the strong U.S team qualify for the final as they want to fulfill their defending champion dream? Canada can not be overlooked, because they have cruised to the semi-finals over lots of opponents.

Oman 1 - 2 Japan

Jordan 2-1 Japan