Japan u17 1-2 Cruz Azul u20 line up: Niekawa Ayumi; Kawaguchi Naoki, Suzuki Ryuga, Arai Junpei y Sako Shota; Muroya Sei, Ishige Hideki, Matsumura Ryo y Hirata Makoto; Notsuda Gakuto y Inoue Jo the Minamino not played, her is injured?
I thought Notsuda might start this time, wasn't counting on Hirata also. That means both Sanfrecce Youth in the squad started the game.
They were playing against U20 I see. It's not so disappointing to see them lose so, age differencial plays a huge factor.
Japan U17 lost 0-1 to Deportivo Toluca U20. Apparently the JFA have decided it was the U20 team after not mentioning that for the past week. They need to beat Mexico U17 to avoid a whitewash.
I'm not too concerned. The U17s always go to Mexico and usually they tend to narrowly beat us. They've got good youth teams there. Reason why Japan always travels there. Still excited to see how Ueda & Iwanami develop. Seem much better defensively than the previous U17 generation we had. But on attack its not so good. Is Horigome good? I remember hearing his name a while back as one to watch.
They are the ones travelling anyway, it's not like they were going to sweep Mexico at home. This team has some good talents in it, mostly on defense (and Minamino).
U-18's beat Club Sport Cartagines of Costa Rica 3-1 in the Dallas Cup. They play FC Barcelona tomorrow. (who actually lost to some American team)
I can't wait. This generation may not be as good as the previous but unknown talents could blossom. And, of course, I want to see how Minamino fares against international opponents.
U-15 members Code: GK 白岡 ティモシィ シロオカ ティモシィ SHIROOKA Teimoshii 1996.09.08 185 cm 75 kg サンフレッチェ広島F.Cジュニアユース 田口 潤人 タグチ ジュント TAGUCHI Junto 1996.09.28 176 cm 61 kg 横浜F・マリノスジュニアユース DF 水谷 拓磨 ミズタニ タクマ MIZUTANI Takuma 1996.04.24 160 cm 53 kg 清水エスパルスジュニアユース 吉原 大 ヨシハラ ダイ YOSHIHARA Dai 1996.05.16 175 cm 60 kg 浦和レッズジュニアユース 杉山 俊介 スギヤマ シュンスケ SUGIYAMA Shunsuke 1996.06.04 185 cm 65 kg ACNジュビロ沼津 太田 京輔 オオタ キョウスケ OTA Kyosuke 1997.03.12 178 cm 58 kg エスポワール白山FCジュニアユース 青木 亮太 アオキ リョウタ AOKI Ryota 1996.03.06 165 cm 52 kg 流通経済大学付属柏高校 中島 賢星 ナカジマ ケンセイ NAKASHIMA Kensei 1996.09.23 176 cm 65 kg アビスパ福岡U-15 麦倉 捺木 ムギクラ ナツキ MUGIKURA Natsuki 1996.05.22 176 cm 62 kg 柏レイソルU-15 宮下 航輔 ミヤシタ コウスケ MIYASHITA Kosuke 1996.06.08 184 cm 67 kg 湘南ベルマーレU-15平塚 MF 中野 雅臣 ナカノ マサオミ NAKANO Masaomi 1996.04.09 170 cm 57 kg 東京ヴェルディジュニアユース 手塚 竣一朗 テヅカ シュンイチロウ TEZUKA Shunichiro 1996.04.17 158 cm 45 kg ながいユナイテッドフットボールクラブ 笹沼 孔明 ササヌマ ヨシアキ SASANUMA Yoshiaki 1996.05.30 166 cm 52 kg 名古屋グランパスU15 井手口 陽介 イデグチ ヨウスケ IDEGUCHI Yosuke 1996.08.23 170 cm 60 kg ガンバ大阪ジュニアユース 阿部 良季 アベ ヨシキ ABE Yoshiki 1996.10.05 169 cm 51 kg カティオーラFCU-15 会津 雄生 アイヅ ユウキ AIZU Yuki 1996.08.01 166 cm 59 kg 柏レイソルU-15 宮本 航汰 ミヤモト コウタ MIYAMOTO Kota 1996.06.19 173 cm 60 kg 清水エスパルスジュニアユース 和田 昌士 ワダ マサシ WADA Masashi 1997.04.11 174 cm 63 kg 横浜F・マリノスジュニアユース FW 藤本 裕豪 フジモト ユウゴウ FUJIMOTO Yugo 1996.09.16 165 cm 63 kg ヴィッセル神戸U-15 髙木 彰人 タカギ アキト TAKAGI Akito 1997.08.04 172 cm 62 kg ガンバ大阪ジュニアユース 戸髙 裕登 トダカ ユウト TODAKA Yuto 1996.04.07 175 cm 60 kg 大分トリニータU-15 北川 航也 キタガワ コウヤ KITAGAWA Koya 1996.07.26 176 cm 66 kg 清水エスパルスジュニアユース I wouldn't normally care about something like this, but... Code: [B]DF[/B] 杉山 俊介 スギヤマ シュンスケ SUGIYAMA Shunsuke 1996.06.04 [B]185 cm [/B]65 kg ACNジュビロ沼津 宮下 航輔 ミヤシタ コウスケ MIYASHITA Kosuke 1996.06.08 [B]184 cm[/B] 67 kg 湘南ベルマーレU-15平塚 Yatta!
I get the feeling that after the 2009 U17 FWC fiasco (as subsequent evidence after the 2008 Olympics too) the JFA have decided to try integrate the taller CB's at youth level more and actually scout them out. First we had the 3 lads in the U17 side Ueda, Iwanami & that 15 year old and now these two kids. Bloody hell 65 & 67kg? They could do with a little gym work.
64 kilos at 14 is decent ... That's my current weight. I'm not overly excited about these tall players because quality will always prevail. If they are here because they're good, fine, but if it's because they're tall, they won't do anything when they'll turn pro. And the main objective is to create good footballers for the future, not winning all the youth competitions.
True....all of it. But there are certain parameters of a centre-back that can't be tested as much in Japan. One of which is defensive set pieces. Whether its liked or not, its part of the game but in the Japanese youth teams that part of the game might not be tested as much, thus some shorter CB's with good ability don't have that part of their game exposed as much or tested. So therefore the overall assessment may not be completely accurate necessarily. I'm sure those tall kids are good, but I wouldn't be surprised if maybe one of them was picked over a seemingly slightly better alternative because of his height. As a result of analysis of the last U17 FWC.
2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup Group B Japan Jamaica France Argentina 18 June 2011 Japan x Jamaica 21 June 2011 Japan x France 24 June 2011 Japan x Argentina
What are your expectations for this tournament? Any special players for me to look for? Don't really know the U17 team so well.