JNT didnt overperformed, also the defence didnt overperfomed. This was the normal Japan is capaple off and they could be better if Nishino has more time. Japan played a great worldcup, and even the Belgium game was sad, I am very very proud. But please dont tell they overperfomed, cause they dont. After or before a game you can always say anything like the enemy was bad or we overperformed. But over or underperformed doesnt exist. Cause this fluctuations in both directions are what you are capable of and its called conistence. When you want I would say Japan are under under underperformed the last 4 years and now they showed his real face but no way Japan overperformed at this WC. There is alwas a way to steal some pride. When Japan played bad they are shit when they play good the enemy has a bad day or they overperformed. Sure a side like Belgium is a little better of individual quality, they have the better players but Japan also has great players,maybe not that spectacular but also with high quality. The 4 games I would say Japan has one of the hardest Enemys in the whole WC2018. Only top nations...Columbia,Senegal,Poland and Belgium. Never never never has anyone thought Japan can do something and even me was sceptical but they prove me wrong. You cant overperformed for 4 games cause this is some consitence. Sure Japan wins only 1 time and the last Poland minutes wherent that cool with gras rolling but with a little more luck and I mean LITTLE. Japan has won all 4 games cause they have the chances for. But even so,its a ********ing great WC and I enjoyed them, damn =).
Do you think any player will move to a "better" club soon? Shibasaki and Sakai comes to mind. Betis are lucky that they signed Inu before the wc.
Grüße aus Moskau, nur zur Info: An Gerüchten mit Japan ist nichts dran.Cheers from Moscow, just to clarify: no truth on rumors coaching Japan. pic.twitter.com/DiYR5o94AX— J_Klinsmann (@J_Klinsmann) July 7, 2018
It's funny that this tweet comes on the tails of reports that Tashima is on his way back to Russia to hammer out a deal with Klinsmann. Who knows, it could be a bargaining ploy to deny the rumors. https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180707-00000001-spnannex-socc
Imo, just let Moriyasu take over the JNT. JNT will have a lot of players retiring from this WC e.g Honda, Hasebe, etc. They will need younger players to replace them Since he is in charge of managing the squad for 2020 Olympics, he can better select the players from the Olympic Squad to try out for the senior team through their performances in the Olympics to use in the friendlies and WCQ matches during the 2 years before the Qatar WC.
The Sponichi tabloid flags down Klinsmann, who declines comment citing exclusivity with BBC. https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180708-00000061-spnannex-socc
Well, it's not that i dislike him or another Japanese coach, just think that JNT need a foreigner who approach football from another perspective. But, whatever, good luck for Moriyasu.
Actually I feel that Kenta Hasegawa might be the more suitable choice but Moriyasu ain't that bad of a choice either. On another note, I feel that Toru Oniki ain't that bad, maybe he can be the next JNT coach after Qatar 2022.
I don't get why Moritasu is so valued when his entire 'career' he's been around Sanfrecce. He's not proven coach who can go outside and bring great results around. At least he haven't tried that. What he did with U-21? Probably nothing so far.He didn't even do much work in Hiroshima where he inherited everything (even system which he haven't changed too much) after Petrovic left for Urawa (and proved again that he's a good coach, now he does his thing in Sapporo). Not to mention how his teams fared in Asian competitions where Sanfrecce was always laughable. The only thing I can credit him with would be his choices of foreign strikers for Sanfrecce. And that's not much. Comparing him to Hasegawa is apples and oranges who did better than he should in S-Pulse, great at Gamba and now he turned a team of sissies into one of the strongest this season in J League. I can understand that Nishino retired to JFA in his final years but with Moriyasu it seemed like he didn't want to spoil his 'legend' and left for JFA instead of coaching another team to prove his name (he would probably fail there).
Well, Petrovic didn't get even remotely close to what Moriyasu achieved in Hiroshima. And to think he had so much resources in five years with Urawa and just won a J. League Cup... that's not good. You could say Petrovic is a good coach to build something (that's why Consadole did a nice job hiring him), but to win... you need something else. I trust Moriyasu. Yes, his int'l and continental record isn't that great (but he also almost reached a CWC final, so...), but I hope he'll be able to make a new generation bloom, especially in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Yeah. In the light of what happened in the match against Belgium, I think the most important thing is that the manager teaches the team enough gamesmanship on how to protect 2-goal or even mere 1-goal leads on the international stage regardless of who stands up front. I am still skeptical that a Japanese coach's perspective would allow things to change in that direction, and we have seen since 1982 that idealistic champagne football wins you nothing. I hope Moriyasu proves me wrong. But I would have preferred someone else, who lived and breathed the art of defending those slender leads to win matches, to be the man.