Vahid Halilhodzic silenced his critics by steering Japan into next year's World Cup finals on Thursday, and the achievement was duly recognized as the president of the Japan Football Association said after a 2-0 qualifying win over Australia that he hopes the Bosnian will stay on as head coach through the end of Russia 2018.The 65-year-old Halilhodzic came into the match amid reports that anything less than victory over Asian champions Australia could cost him his job.But the decision to start young and relatively inexperienced players in Thursday's win paid off handsomely as goals in each …READ FULL ARTICLE