Japan get their revenge against the 'pizza eaters,' win Asian Cup

When Japan lost a meaningless World Cup qualifier to Australia 2-1 in June of 2009 (both sides had already qualified), captain Yuji Nakazawa couldn't believe it. "We were beaten by pizza eaters," he told the Fuji newspaper. "They were on a different level to us."

Though Nakazawa couldn't play in the Asian Cup due to injury just like he couldn't play in that match due to a migraine, he must have been more pleased with the result against those people who eat all that delicious pizza.

After a scoreless 90 minutes, the Asian Cup final went to extra time on Saturday and Japan ended up scoring the match's only goal in the 109th minute. An off-balance Yuto Nagatomo found a wide open Tadanari Lee in the box with a perfect cross and Lee volleyed it into the back of the net.

The lights of the Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar danced, the Australians were stunned and Lee celebrated by shooting an invisible arrow into the sky. And somewhere, Yuji Nakazawa ordered a pizza.

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