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How to throw a game away, by the Japanese national soccer team

Japan dominated Italy for 40 minutes and went up 2-0. They are losing as of the 53rd minute.

by Kim McCauley
Dean Mouhtaropoulos
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Confederations Cup 2013: Italy prevails in 7-goal thriller
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Japan are playing really well against Italy, aren’t they? They’ve done a great job to take a 2-0 lead...

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Oh god.

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Oh man.

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And a penalty was given for that unlucky handball. Ohhhhhhhhh man.

Italy lead 3-2.

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