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I think the fans will want to give them a rousing send-off.<\/p>\n
I think it is a good game against the Japanese, I have to say. If you look at their record at World Cups, they have been fantastic.<\/p>\n
They are usually a joy to play against because they are an open and attack-minded side.<\/p>\n
I advise Scotland fans to get along for that one because they have a lot of good players. Definitely a good test. <\/p>\n
What you usually do is try to find teams that are going to mirror the teams you are going to be playing against – and, unfortunately, that’s not Japan. They don’t mirror Brazil, Haiti or Morocco.<\/p>\n
But it is about getting belief again and if you can get any sort of result against a Japanese side with the talent they’ve got, their players are playing around Europe and at some of the big clubs as well, and they’ve got real depth in their squad as well.<\/p>\n
That will be mostly a get-together. Oddly enough, the real one is the Curacao one. For Stevie Clarke, this is a serious build-up game.<\/p>\n
You had to get a team that were like one of the teams in our group.<\/p>\n
Haiti are Concacaf as well and Curacao won their group, Haiti won their group, so you will look at it and say ‘if we manage to win that one, it is a good bar’.<\/p>\n
And, if you get three points from the three games, that might be just enough [to qualify from their group], so that’s why that’s why we’ve got this game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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