Newspapers hailed Thursday&#39;s win as the &quot;Miracle in Glasgow&quot;, reviving memories of their famous &quot;Miracle of Miami&quot; victory over Brazil at the 1996 Atlanta Games. The first-half goal from Yuki Otsu gives his side a great chance of reaching the knockout rounds. &quot;We won! We actually won!&quot; the Nikkan Sports daily roared on its front page, with nearly all of Japan&#39;s newspapers and broadcasters splashing dramatic headlines and photos of the jubilant squad. The Mainichi Daily&#39;s headline boasted &quot;Otsu sinks unbeatable Armada&quot; while the Sports Nippon said: &quot;In a shock to the mother nation and to the world, the &#39;Miracle of Glasgow&#39; happened in the opening match of the Olympics.&quot; <img alt="Juan Mata" src="/imagedata/2012/jul/mata27july.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 392px; " /> Spain&#39;s Juan Mata (L) challenges Japan&#39;s Hotaru Yamaguchi (R). Photo: AFP &quot;Japan blow away Spain,&quot; the top-selling Yomiuri Shimbun said, with a photo of an exuberant Otsu beside a Spanish defender lying on the pitch. &quot;Japan&#39;s male Olympic football squad have put in poor performances in recent times. But they fought bravely against Olympic champion hopefuls Spain and secured the admirable victory,&quot; the Yomiuri said. It described the underdog win as a &quot;gold star that will go down in Japanese football history&quot;, using a term usually reserved for an upset victory in sumo wrestling, one of the nation&#39;s favourite sports. A surprise victory by the Japanese women&#39;s side against the United States at the World Cup final last year was also huge news in a country reeling from the devastating quake-tsunami disaster. But the influential Asahi Shimbun on Friday said the men&#39;s win was no miracle, chalking up their success to a solid performance. The government also got a word in with Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura hailing the men&#39;s victory, after the women&#39;s side also notched up a win over Canada this week. &quot;After the great news about the women&#39;s team, it is truly a great start that the men also won against mighty Spain,&quot; he told reporters.

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Japan was euphoric Friday after their Blue Samurai scored a stunning 1-0 victory over champions Spain in one of the greatest upsets in Olympic football history.

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