Official 2015 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

Perhaps Sasaki has never thought about that the U.S side would push and start the game from the very beginning , he simply had no plan to deal with that.

 

Come on now...One goal a minute....
let me be more precise...3 goals for Japan....

 

You are probably correct....

 

I think the biggest problem was that there was never a plan B for Sasaki. He never reacted tactically to what other teams were doing.

Whoops, almost missed another goal.

 

Looks like Nadeshiko is worn out....

No surprise, though...

 

Besides the first 15, they've played a really good game.

 

Darn....

 

And it's over, 5-2.

Congratulations to the US; I think we can all agree that the better team won today.

 

Final! I might be American, but I'm not happy at all USA won! Was rooting for Japan!
oh well, 2nd Place. not bad. But Japan definitely proved at this tournament they are a top team and not just in the rankings.

 

Yes i agree with that.

Thought he would have took anything from the performance against England but he simply not.

 

The better team won but 3rd and 4th goal were hilarious and a 3-2 result would be more realistic.

 

Tough loss. Aside from the first 15-20 mins, your ladies played well.

 

Come on, one of the 2 goals Japan scored was an own goal...

Edit: And Solo got a hand to the other one. This game could well have ended 5-0.

 

I'm at work, so can't really do that. Good thing I didn't take off for this...

 

How do you pin that on Sasaki or on tactics ?

 

I doubt it. This one is on the players. They didn't give him a chance.

 

Sawa is putting on a strong smile. I'm happy she went in there and had a final game with Nadeshiko

 

Maybe it's just me, but I got the impression that Sawa was a little angry on the pitch. Quite aggressive, too.

 

Kaihori knows that one long range goal should never had gone in

 

She was fouled two times, both call against her and one should've been a PK for Japan.

 

What the? If a defender score an OG is to stop a possible goal by a striker exactly as the US defender did.
And even Kaihori touched the ball on the 3rd US score and so? Nothing changed.
So please don't be ridicolous. Japan deserved more than a 5-2, infact US scored 4 goals in 15' while the rest of the match was balanced even if Japan was morally destroyed and playing offensive to score leaving a lot of space for the fast US fws.

 

Lloyd may have been the best player in the tournament, but Miyama is the best footballer in the Women's game. She was absolutely brilliant.

 

I'm just saying, that own goal didn't have to go in (Miyama's cross could just as well have been deflected into any other direction) and the other goal was really close. I'm not saying Japan deserved neither of those goals, but also I don't agree that 3-2 would have been a fair result.

It wouldn't have taken much for Japan to not score those two goals, is my point.

Let's not even talk about near-misses because the US had more of those than Japan.

Didn't see her being fouled in the area, but I may well have missed it.

 

Congratulations to silver medalists Nadeshiko!
The presented true hearts of champions in the match at 0:4.
Pity they let the situation happen in first 15 minutes of WC final though.