International Friendly: Japan 2 Australia 1

Goals from Yasuyuki Konno and Shinji Okazaki within seven second-half minutes of each other put the hosts in control of a game in which the visitors had impressed in a goalless opening period.

Australia's record goalscorer Tim Cahill came off the bench to net a looping header - his 36th international strike - though it came too little too late.

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