what971 - pwnage? WTF
Australia have the better midfield IMHO. Although Japan have Nakata (not as good as he once was) and Nakamura, we have great depth in midfield. Cahill is the Roy Keane-type box-to-box player every team needs, Kewell is the inspirational winger/playmaker, Bresciano is dangerous at set pieces and is a good playmaker and goal-scorer, Grella is a solid holding player, Culina has devloped into a well-rounded versatile player who can play out wide, in the holding role, or attacking. Assuming we play 5, we still have Skoko on the bench. I think midfield is defintiely our strength and it could be the difference against Japan as long as the defence can deal with the pacy Japanese strikers.
My prediction: 2-0 Australia (maybe 1-0)