Shinji Kagawa is well known to Arsenal fans having spent two years at Manchester United from 2012 to 2014. The midfielder failed to reach his potential at Old Trafford, and as a result he returned to Borussia Dortmund, where he continues to ply his trade. It is fair to say that Kagawa had become a forgotten man on English shores until Monday night when he put in a decent performance for Japan in the last-16 stage of the World Cup. The midfielder's nation were underdogs heading into the contest against Belgium, but they showed no fear and more than held their own in Russia. In fact, Genki Haraguchi and Takashi Inui put Japan two goals to the good early in the second half, meaning that...
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