As the strongest team in Asia, the increase of Japan's skills has been obvious in recent years. However, the team, carrying the hopes of 130 million Japanese, got a very disappointing result, coming bottom in the group phase. Finally, Japan suffered complete humiliation in a 4 - 1 result against Columbia, and was insulted by its opponent for changing goalkeepers. It is not surprising that the coach Alberto Zaccheroni resigned after the competition.