Italy: Buffon, Maggio, Barzagli, Chiellini, De Sciglio, Pirlo, Montolivo, De Rossi, Aquilani, Giaccherini, Balotelli
Subs: Sirigu, Astori, Candreva, Marchisio, Giovinco, Gilardino, El Shaarawy, Cerci, Bonucci, Abate, Diamanti, Marchetti.
Japan: Kawashima, Uchida, Yoshida, Konno, Nagatomo, Hasebe, Endo, Okazaki, Honda, Kagawa, Maeda
Subs: Nishikawa, Inoha, Gotuko Sakai, Kiyotake, Havenaar, Hosogai, Nakamura, Kurihara, Inui, Takahashi, Hiroki Sakai, Gonda.
Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)
Tenshi on the left again
Honda is better when he plays deeper anyway.