Japan Under-22s huffed and puffed their way to a 3-0 win over their Hong Kong counterparts in a Beijing Olympics qualifier on Wednesday at Tokyo's National Stadium.
FC Tokyo's Sota Hirayama's opener on 11 minutes set up the tantalizing prospect for the 11,909 fans of the floodgates opening against a clearly inferior Hong Kong.
Japan forward Robert Cullen shoots during the first half of the Beijing Olympics
qualifier against Hong Kong at National Stadium in Tokyo. Japan won 3-0.
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