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.
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