Sugasawa penalty call Sorry, but for me that's a dive. She starts rotating her body only after the contact. Combined with the other more than...
I still cannot get over Scotland playing a 4-4-2. I just... don't get it. Why would you possibly go 2v2 against Japan in central midfield when you...
Looks like Scotland are doing everything wrong so far and on top of that their goalkeeper is terrible. With a bit of luck Japan might actually win...
Finally, a goal! Edit: And a horrible goalkeeper error. How can you not save that?
Well, looks like the yellow cards are going to continue coming.
Well, at least they are attacking.
Wait, are Scotland also playing a 4-4-2? Why in the blazes would they do that?
I think that would be a mistake, they haven't really looked solid in defence so far and it's not their style anyway. Not when I'm predicting...
Yep, I'm the kind of "fan" that can look at things objectively instead of having rose-coloured classes duct-taped to his face and pretend...
Yeah, because at that level modern tactics are largely absent and Japan can still cruise by on being the technical team instead of having to...
Around 2011, Japan were the technical side playing possession football and they had world-class players in almost every position. They were the...
Eh, Spain had 16 attempts at goal against Germany (#2) while Japan had 8 attempts against Argentina (#37). Spain looked way better than Japan in...
Anyone else suddenly really glad that the USA aren't in group D?
No, you're definitely spot on. She was far and away Japan's best player today, the complete opposite of Shimizu. I never understood why some...
Well France and Norway are really good teams, it's unfair to compare them to Japan.