HANOI — Ivica Osim told reporters to "get a life" as his patience wore thin over constant quizzing about Japan's World Cup loss to Australia last year and said the result won't have an effect on Saturday's Asian Cup quarterfinal clash between the two teams.
"If you were shocked by the Australia result, maybe you didn't know too much about the Australia team, but people have now had a year to get over the result," the Bosnian coach said Friday. "You need to get over it and get on with your life."
"I think the stronger team won last year's game (a 3-1 victory for Australia) but the Japanese also were a little unlucky."
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