SAITAMA -- Within five minutes of the Asia Zone Group 3 World Cup qualifier between Japan and India at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Wednesday, it was clear that the only interest in this game from a spectator's point of view would be how many Japan players could get their names on the scoresheet.
Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura scores a goal from a free-kick during the 2006 World Cup Asian qualifying match against India at Saitama Stadium 2002, where Japan routed India 7-0.
In the end it was six in a 7-0 rout that could easily have resembled a score more common in India's favorite past time -- cricket.