HONDA INSPIRES JAPAN

MILAN – Keisuke Honda played the entire match for Tokyo in a 4-2 win over New Zealand.Here’s the match table:
JAPAN-NEW ZEALAND  4-2Goal scorers: Okazaki on 4' and 17', Kagawa on '8', Morishige  on '11', Wood (NZ)on 40' f.h. and 35' s.h.JAPAN: Kawashima; H.Sakai (G.Sakai, 46'), Yoshida, Morishige, Nagatomo; Yamaguchi (Endo, 46'), Aoyama (Hosogai, 46'); Okazaki (Kiyotake, 46'), Honda, Kagawa (Saito, 79'); Osako (Toyoda). Coach: Zaccheroni.NEW ZEALAND: Moss; Roux (Howieson, 69'), Boxall, Durante, Tuiloma (Sigmund, 58'); McGlinkey (James, 58'), Payne; Barbarouse (Brockie, 69'), Thomas (Fallon, '82'), Boyd; Wood. Ocach: Emblen.Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia)Number of spectators: 47.670
Japan played with the same formation that Milan have employed since Clarence Seedorf returned to the club. In the match in Tokyo, Honda provided two goal scoring assists: the first from a free kick for Morishige’s goal and second with a back heel for the fourth goal scored by Okazaki.