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Can Japan overcome their psychological barrier to make history? World Cup preview
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‘This is a team that should be aiming to win the World Cup’
Having breezed through qualifying, Japan find themselves in a competitive group with the Netherlands, Sweden and Tunisia.
The Football Weekly panel discuss the psychological hurdle that Japan must navigate if they are to go further than the round of 16, where they have exited the tournament in every edition since 2002, and whether they can they do it without the injured Kaoru Mitoma?
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