Official Road to Rio de Janeiro 2016 Thread

No. Only at the Olympic games itself

 

Ah thanks.
Oh well, this was my last hope for this team.

 

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160106-00000089-dal-socc
The team played a training match behind closed doors against Syria. Minamino scored a brace in a 2-1 win.

 

Vietnam 0-2 Japan

 

See your team in about 6 hours in semi final. May the best team win.

 

Amen, Good luck for both teams.

BTW, It is quarter final not semi final.

 

Starting Line-up against Iran (match will start after 30 minutes):

Kushibiki
Muroya - Ueda - Iwanami - Kamikawa.
Endo.
Harakawa - Yajima.
Nakjima.
Kubo - Onaiwu.

Surprised not too see Teguramori's pampered boy Musashi Suzuki starting, but it sounds like a good news after all.

 

Musashi injured, was not expected to start today.

 

First time watching Japanese footy in ages. Is Kazan still using fc2?

 

Sure than there wasn't anyone available better than Onaiwu in the whole country?

 

Joke referee.
Lucky they didn't score.
But our gk felt bad.
Really this joking refereing could change our chance to go to OG, this is so ********ing stupid.
I know it's AFC and shit but that fault was completely invented.

 

Yes, the Iranian No.10 thrown himself at Iwanami and felt screaming on the ground.

It was a shameful dive.

... and Onaiwu was more pathetic than Musashi Suzuki.

Let's hope that Teguramori will get an accident and he won't be our coach in Rio.

 

0-0 HT

 

Lol, so what about Japan then? That Ado guy felt to the ground any single time our defenders came near him.

 

The referee seems not appropriate for this competition. There will be some questionable calls from this man. I wish there was an Uzbek referee. They are usually good.

 

Some change of mind will be enough

 

What is Teguramori is waiting for?

Bring in Minamino and Asano for useless Ado Onaiwu and Nakajima.

 

I'm pretty positive there won't be anything to coach during Olmpics...

 

One Iranian key player is out and another injured!

 

The Iranain defence seems well disciplined, wonder how they conceded 2 goals twice against Qatar and China?

 

Why 4 extra minutes instead of 3? This referee is a threat for both the teams.

I wanna see Japan football represented at the OG, don't care about Teguramori or whoever will be the coach.

 

Because our coach listened to team technical manager who is his former NT coach. That guy is crazy. Our coach put many people out of positions in matches vs Qatar and China. It is a long story. It was tactical error.

 

Many Japanese key players in their clubs didn't make the squad!

And that Onaiwu just made his first full 90 minutes since he signed a pro contract...

What a team!

 

Our three senior national team members who are our key players didn't make it to the team either.
1. Sardar Azmoun our #1 forward in NT from Rostov
2. Alireza Jahanbakhsh our Right Winger from AZ Alkmaar
3. Saeed Ezattollahi our defensive midfielder from Rostov

 

What a sick left-footed cross by the college kid Muroya!