Japanese NT @ FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifier [R] - Part III

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Nah mate, i live in North Qld. Loooong way from Melbourne!



Timmay!!!! 1-1!!

 

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2-1!! :d

 

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Now it is going alllllll downhill.

 

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No =) Japan will score 1 or 2 more times in this second half i hope and think =)

 

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All over, 2-1 to Australia! Timmy Cahill!

 

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Fully deserved loss for Japan. They did nothing useful, especially Tamada and Yano (can you trap a ball please?).
And like I said a million times, Abe shouldn't be used at CB. He got beat once again on the 2nd goal, and on the first goal Tulio was left alone to deal with Cahill and Kenedy.

 

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Why is Abe and and Konno starting?

Abe might be a decent defensive midfielder but he is an atroucious center back. He left tulio alone against kennedy and cahill and he let cahill beat him to the ball on the 2nd goal. What a waste of a uniform. We should've gone with Makino (a natural center back).

only nagatomo, tulio, matsui, and kengo showed any heart. The rest of the team was toothless.

Did anyone else think matsui looked exhausted?

 

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Thought he signalled to the bench for substitution?

Aww, man Japan played too clean, it's like they want to carry the ball into the goal. This is like 1998: a couple of nice touches but not effective at all. I think there should be more fighters, players with physical presence, even if not technically gifted. And like you guys say, why is Okada playing Abe instead of real central defenders?

 

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I guess he liked when Osim played him there and gave up 4 goals against Saudi Arabia.

 

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So now he is a better player with giving away 2 Oz-goals more or less... This really upsets me, there are no competition matches for the NT anymore, and today's game, even with both teams qualified, was a crucial opportunity to test alternatives.

About today's game I don't even think Shunsuke was missed but clearly, Honda, with his play style/mentality, was. Matsui otherwise was the only player going into man-to-man, and this is what they will need more.

 

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DUDE SHOCKING!
i was sitting near around three brisvegas boys who travelled here to watch the game. the most enthusiastic lads too... really funny since my friend and i were asian, some other random socceroo fan was calling japanese players pricks, and one of the brisvegas dudes were like " HEY YOU UP THERE, STOP BEING RACIST AUSTRALIA IS MULTICULTURAL SEE LOOK AT THESE TWO GIRLS NEXT TO ME!" (FUNNIEST SHIT EVER)

 

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hey man, were you there? i didn't really care, since it was a dead rubber game.

Anyway it was terrible for me overall. i was upset that the atmosphere for the roos crowd was well below par. the japanese crowd were more audible (I REALLY WANTED TO BE SEATED NEAR THEM, WOULD OF MADE MY DAY ! EVEN IF THEY LOST, WOULD OF STILL BEEN EXCITING, even my aussie pride friend admitted it they were ******** better), and i was appalled at the attendance of the game.
i really think Australia need to make an official chant, because Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi didn't cut it for me (its not the olympics man) and to those two ********ing female teeny boppers infront of me, YOU GUYS WERE ********WITS, GOOD THAT YOUR LEATHER BAG GOT WET FROM MY BANGING OF THE CHAIR. GOD I WANTED TO BITCH SLAP THEIR HEADS.

anyway i predicted japan lose, since australia at mcg, they had to play a good match, since its the best stadium in australia, a b side japan and tulio scored japans only goal. australia has timmy cahill... and jesus played ok tonight.

 

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To me, Tulio Tanaka has to be one of the best CB in Asia. I'm not saying that because of his goal, but his performance against Australia on both occasions was pure class. He really contained Cahill in the first game and contained Kennedy in yesterdays match. I am a real admirer of Tanaka and hope Japan can pick themselves up from the game.

 

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It's really scary to think what would happen if Tulio or Nakazawa got injured before the World Cup.

I really hope that another CB emerges soon. Both Tulio and Nakazawa are near the end of their careers. I'm hoping for a Mizumoto/Makino pair in the future.

 

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Terada isn't the playe he used to be. I think that this might be his last year in the J-League. If not this year then next for sure.

On Iwamasa's wiki it said that he was called up. Which is really strange, cause he surely would have been picked for the game against Australia. I mean Kisho Yano was picked. It's really weird that the Antlers have the best defense in the league yet only Uchida gets called up.

 

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lucky bastard, i have to give it to you guys, japans cheering was awesome.

 

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Why does he even bother calling up Iwamasa if he has no intention of playing him.

Well, Australia wasn't exactly attacking much that game, but short is never a good thing.
I don't know if Abe is too weak, but he just isn't a natural CB. He's clearly not used to the position, and everyone realizes it besides Japan's coaches.

 

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It would'nt be so scary if Okada played with the right players, like Terada, Iwamasa or Makino. But as usual he does'nt.

 

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It makes no sense: If one of the CB's is injured, either Okada should play a learned defender, preferrably someone young with talent and perspective, or he should play somebody experienced he can rely on for that position to at least defend well against Australia. He did neither with Abe, nothing for the future, and weakening the team for the match.

If he had played a real CB and it went wrong he could have said "So what, we already qualified". And now, his post-match comments reads something like "We do not have to be negative after this match." Oh yes, and it is not because we lost. It is because nothing indicates he would do it differently in the future.

 

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We gotta send more boys to Brazil to learn how to defend.

 

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and Okada too, until fall 2010.