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Australia have won 3:1 over Japanin Kaiserslautern with Cahill scoring the first-ever goal for Australia in the World Cup Finals.
Tim Cahill and John Aloisi sealed a late win for Australia after midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura scored the only goal of the first-half for Japan, who led until the 83rd minute.
Australia's Mark Viduka almost scored breakthrough in the 6th minute, but was saved well by Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, who parried away for a corner.
The game started at a very high tempo, with both teams forcing corners, and with play running from end-to-end.
Japan were playing with just three defenders, hoping to command the midfield and with both sides pushing for the opener, with the Australian's starting the half better.
But, Japan opened the scoring against the Australian's with a bizarre goal from midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura.
Nakamura played a long cross into the box, with Schwarzer coming out to meet it, who collided with Atsushi Yanisigawa in the box, with the ball flying over the top of them and into the goal in the 25th minute to give Japan the lead.
Viduka and Bresciano were playing some lovely interlinking play, but Japan's defence were extremely well drilled by their head coach Zico, and the Australian's, who were still to score a goal in the World Cup Finals, had to be more than aware of the threat of a counter-attack from Japan.
Japan went into half-time winning 1:0, but with both sides having pushed hard.
Tim Cahill came on for Marco Bresciano who was playing well in the 52nd minute, but the heat was beginning to have it's affect, and the high tempo of the first-half, gave way to a more realistic pace.
The Australian's were desperate not to concede any further goals, and were defending in numbers against any Japanese attack, but knowing that they would have to score to get anything from this game.
Australia's substitute Joshua Kennedy had two shots easily saved by Kawaguchi, but in the 68th minute was brought down just outside the penalty area for a free-kick.
Captain Viduka took the free-kick, with his shot flying through the wall and forced an excellent save from Kawaguchi, who dived well to his right to save.
Kennedy and Cahill substitutions seemed to give the Autralian's far more attacking, giving their captain more room for shots, with the Australian's averaging twice as many shots on goal as the Japanese.
Atsushi Yanigasawa, who ran himself ragged during the match, was substituted for Shinji Ono with 12 minutes to go and that seemed to affect their formation heavily.
Australia kept pushing, and Kennedy won yet another free-kick in the 83rd minute, with Harry Kewell stepping over the ball and leaving John Aloisi to shoot through the legs of the wall, forcing another fine save from Kawaguchi.
The resulting throw-in saw Tim Cahill score the equaliser with Cahill picking up the ball after Kawaguchi fumbled the ball and the Everton star struck the ball to score the equaliser.
Cahill became a national hero just two minutes before the final whistle when he scored Australia's second goal with a longe-range strike that went in off the post, with Kawaguchi left with no chance.
The Australian's then sealed the victory when striker John Aloisi broke through Japan's tired defence, finishing well to win the game.