Official 2018 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

Just to add to my message. I am not saying that Japan has to change their approach in terms of finding better athletes, I'm saying that this is one of the most important reasons, why Japan struggling on the highest level and why this will be incredibly difficult to become like a TOP-3 team in the world. By the way, a good athlete, not necessarily the tallest athlete. For example, on one hand, Japan has Hasegawa, Momiki, Tanaka and on the other hand Yokoyama. If Japan can combine 10 field players with football IQ and talent of Hasegawa or Momiki with physical attributes of at least Yokoyama then Japan could shine again. At least a good thing is, all those "young" players still developing their physical attributes.

 

お局 (not the official players) means relatively older players in the team like Samechan or Sakaguchi etc.
差し入れ (not insertion) means something like presents or souvenirs.

 

You forgot to mention Shimizu who is always the top athlete.

 

By the way, the word "お局" contains some nuance of a single veteran (fastidious?) office lady used by younger ones who makes fun of her in a way.

 

I agree. Though solution for it lies in here:

I other words they need more kg's and more caps as well

 

After 25 minutes...
Niigata vs. Nagano
Picture: HD quality (720p), also 480 and 240 for slower internet connections
One camera with decent zoom. Pan shots and action tracking is more than decent.
Commentary: pair - male and female
Clock and current result present
Line-ups with player names present
Highlights - updated (no full matchcast though)
Stats present but not updated
Share button with link to game for popular social media (tt, fb, in, g+)
So far so good

(at HT switching to Beleza game)

1st goal of the season (open) 1st goal of the season (close)

43' Moeno Sakaguchi -

 

Cold and heavy snow in Tokyo...not the best weather conditions for football. Switching to Kobe.

Kobe - Yokohama
camera and stream options looking the same as in match in Niigata
no commentary
(full matchcast here though)

 

Beleza v Osaka

Apparently Beleza have moved their home ground to Finland!

Osaka just scored..Beleza didn't see them coming in their white kit

Nice replay feature press the highlights button...takes you back to the goal

 

H.T......Beleza 1 Osaka 1

Shimizu has made a full recovery from the Algarve injuy

Miyazawa and Ueki on in 2nd half

 

One way traffic in Kobe 2:0 Yokohama at HT - could've been 4....

 

Beleza 2 Osaka 1....Hasegawa

Beleza fielding 10 current international team players

 

FT....Beleza 3 Osaka 1


Good debut Miyazawa.... scored 3rd goal
The 'green machine' looks well oiled and it's only game 1

 

2.50 AM...repeat 2.50 am...but it's worth it.....thank you mycujoo

 

Reds v Stella.....
current viewers just topped 2000....mycujoo seemed to have got it right.

FT.... Reds 2 Stella 0

 

Today's result:

Nadeshiko League

Albi (Sakaguchi) 1-2 Nagano (Saito, Takikawa)
Beleza (Sakaguchi, Hasegawa, Miyazawa) 3-1 Cerezo (OG)
Inac (Nakajima, Takase) 2-0 Nittaidai
Urawa (Kira, Shibata) 2-0 Nojima
Mynavi 0-0 Jef

Nadeshiko League 2

Chifure 0-1 Bunnys (Yamamoto)
Orca 0-3 Harima (Chiba, Honda, Uchida)
Iga 0-1 Shizuoka (Ishida)
Ehime (Yamashiro, Akune, Ohya) 3-0 Belle

 

Welcome Twistal...even if you do live at the 'wrong end' of the East Lancs Road.
(I jest....the Liverpool Manchester rivalry doesn't really apply to us...I hail from the Midlands originally... although I've been here for thirty odd years... and you hail from Russia)

After recently rewatching some of the 2015 Canada WWC I can't see a 'significant' change in the overall team physical stature.
Arguably Ogimi (as was then) and Ohno were 'beefier' then than say Tanaka and Iwabuchi are now as a front two so holding the ball up for the onrushing midfielders seems to have now disappeared from the Nadeshiko game.
The big difference I see is that opponents have 'learned what they can get away with' when playing against these diminutive Asian teams and as a result have become a lot more physical... witness Iwabuchi being kicked all over the park and the Canadian 'hit them hard' squad at Algarve Cup....Refs are becoming less 'sympathetic' i.e. she's on the floor because she's tiny not because she's just been fouled.
In my opinion, yes everybody seems to be catching up in terms of technical ability but because we are never going to match them kilo for kilo we have to continue to 'out skill' them.
We have to get back to the situation that existed in the past when teams used to say.... we are bigger than them...we are stronger than them....we will beat them and we used to say......"you've got to get the ball off us first"

 

Aya Sameshima: We're in a really tough group


"Do you think Japan's AFC Women’s Asian Cup line-up will be based around the established “old guard” or will there be an emphasis on new faces, as the team continues to rebuild?

Approaching the 2011 World Cup and then right through to 2015, the squad was quite settled and many of the players played together for years in that time but recently the coach rarely chooses the same players.

Of course, she is looking for the best and giving everyone a chance – but there is little consistency in selection right now so it may be difficult to have formed a settled team, or squad by April."

 

Nippatsu vs Setagaya was postponed due to heavy weather.