South Korea has more advantages in physical fitness, willpower and physical confrontation. The Japanese team is very strong in the players' personal skills and the cooperation of passing and controlling. Both teams have first-class players who play in the European League. South Korea has Sung Yueng Ki and Sun Xingmin, and Japan has keisuke honda and Kagawa Shinji. If Korea and Japan confront each other directly, the outcome should be 50-50, and neither side has a chance of winning.