Official 2017 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

US seems to have two teams in this competition, U18 and U19.
Yesterday's team was U18 and U19 team will play in the next two games.

 

I don't get where the 'Furniture Table Decorate' came from.

 

At half time
Inac 0-0 Beleza

Takase is playing as a right FB, and Moriya a left CB.

 

And Sugita and Sumida are playing on the wing.
And Fukuta Yui again with a great performance

 

Unepomme....you have made my day....INAC v Beleza....thank you...thank you...thank you.

 

Today's result:

Inac (Kyokawa) 1-0 Beleza
Mynavi (Yasumoto 2) 2-1 Iga (Fukumaru)
Jef (Chino) 1-0 Nojima
Urawa (Sugasawa, Kira, Kizaki) 3-0 Albi

Nadeshiko League 2
Nippatsu 0-1 Setagaya (Nagasaki)
Ehime (Ueno, Ohya) 2-1 Kibi (Ikejiri)
Belle (Shimamura, Kameoka) 2-1 Konomiya (Taniguchi)

Challenge League East
NORD (Fujie) 1-2 Jumonji (Kobayashi, Segi)
Niigata (Miura, Miyashita) 2-1 Yamato (Hori)

Challenge League West
JFA (Tomioka, Yosue) 2-1 Ange Violet (OG)
Shizuoka 0-0 Nagoya

 

Five teams in only 4 points, not bad

 

This match was really intense and both teams gave their all to win it.
Tactically it was a joy to watch it. The defenders on both sides did a great job to close all the gaps and the midfielders worked very hard.
But as a result the forwards couldn't create many opportunities.
And at the end it was a penalty kick that decided the match.

Hina Sugita had a great game. She played as a winger and her opponent was Yui Hasegawa. But she was able to keep that side very well and also played some good passes. And i don't need to tell how good she is on the ball.

But there is one more player i want to mention: Yui Fukuta
Despite being so young she started to play as a cm for Inac some weeks ago.
And today she played again, but this time against Beleza.
And she played well. She is dynamic, very calm on the ball and can play quality passes. And on top of that she reads the game very well.
I just hope she doesn't get injured, because she seems to be a starter now.

 

[QUOTE="HS10Legend, post: 35465375, member: 298920"


But there is one more player i want to mention: Yui Fukuta
Despite being so young she started to play as a cm for Inac some weeks ago.
And today she played again, but this time against Beleza.
And she played well. She is dynamic, very calm on the ball and can play quality passes. And on top of that she reads the game very well.
I just hope she doesn't get injured, because she seems to be a starter now.[/QUOTE]
Yes, I agree.
She could be a rival for Nagano in the next U20 NT.

By the way, today's friendly match result:
U19 Nadeshiko 2-1 U19 US

 

If only we do the same at senior level...

 

It is frightening how many talents we have in this age group
But how would a possible starting eleven look like?

-------------------------------------------Suzuki(?)---------------------------------------

---------Miyagawa-------Moeka(?)----------Takahashi-------Kitamura
---------(Ushijima)--------------------------------(Takahira)-------(Tomita)

---------Takarada-----Hayashi/Fukuta------Nagano---------Miyazawa
-------------------------------------------------------------(Murakami)------------------

----------------------------------Endo---------------Ueki-------------------------
--------------------------------(Matsumoto)----(Kono)------------------------

Did i forget someone

 

Here is a very, very short article from U.S. Soccer about the May 19 game between Nadeshiko U19 and U.S. U18. It says the Japan controlled the match but (as usual) did not create many chances. The article also mistakenly credits Japan's goal to Honoka Yonei who did not enter the match until the 79th minute based on the JFA match report.

It is interesting that U.S. Soccer adds a year to each team. Their article states that it was the U.S. U19 vs. Japan U20. Hopefully, we will see more detailed reports for the other two games and maybe video (fingers crossed).

 

I'm not sure if some Menina players (Momoko, KanNo, Ono) would be involved.

 

Goal scorers of the previous U19 game are Kono and Ushijima.

 

Yep, i forgot Momoko and Kanno.
Both played a great tournament last year and should definitely be in the squad.

 

Alternativ facts, you know....

 

How did Stambaugh do, do we know?