Starting with a 4-1 win against the United Arab Emirates, defending champions Japan were then held to a 1-1 stalemate by Vietnam before suffering a 3-2 defeat to Australia but still finished top in Group B.
Tied on four points with UAE and Australia, Fujii and his teammates advanced with the best head-to-head record among the three teams with the central defender seeing first hand how unpredictable matches can be against peers across the continent. .....
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