Japan took the back door into the World Cup round of 16 on Thursday, losing 1-0 to Poland but progressing due to a Colombia win over Senegal and the FIFA fair play points system favoring the Samurai Blue.Akira Nishino's team finished second in Group H and will face Group G winners Belgium in the first knockout round.The outcome saved Japan's head coach from at least some questions about his risky decision to start the game with a team showing six changes to the one that performed well in a gutsy 2-2 draw with Senegal in Ekaterinburg, leaving all four of his Russia 2018 goalscorers on the be…READ FULL ARTICLE