Shinji Okazaki (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Yasuhito Endo (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Yuto Nagatomo (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Keisuke Honda (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Yasuyuki Konno (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Atsuto Uchida (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Eiji Kawashima (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Hotaru Yamaguchi (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Keisuke Honda (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Yoichiro Kakitani (JPN), MAY 27, 2014 - Football / Soccer : KIRIN Challenge Cuo 2014 international friendry match between Japan 1-0 Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Japan's starting members, (front L-R) Toshihiro Aoyama, Hotaru Yamaguchi, Yuto Nagatomo, Shinji Okazaki and Shinji Kagawa, (rear from L) Eiji Kawashima, Hiroki Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Yuya Osako, Masato Morishige and Keisuke Honda, pose prior to their international friendly football match against New Zealand in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA

Japan's goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa is pictured prior to a friendly football match between Japan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

Japan's forward Masato Kudo is pictured prior to a friendly football match between Japan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

Japan's goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda is pictured prior to a friendly football match between Japan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

Japan's forward Yohei Toyoda is pictured prior to a friendly football match between Japan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

Japan's head coach Alberto Zaccheroni of Italy is pictured prior to a friendly football match between Japan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

Japan's midfielder Yasuhito Endo is pictured prior to a friendly football match between Japan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

Japan's midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake is pictured prior to a friendly football match between Japan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

Japan's midfielder Manabu Saito is pictured prior to a friendly football match between Japan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

Japan's defender Gotoku Sakai is pictured prior to a friendly football match between Japan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI