Official 2021 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

I think the 11th matches of We League will be played on 18, 19 this month, not sure though.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXIQZmAPcqC/?utm_medium=copy_link
There is this rescheduled game coming up on the 12th.

 

It's on 18th, isn't it?

 

You are right. My mistake. Don't do this at 5 in the morning.

 

Empress's Cup second round highlights:

 

The Guardian have put out their best female players from 100 to 71 and Iwabuchi gets a nod at 79. I can only imagine Hasegawa and Kumagai making the list after her, though to be honest Hasegawa is a maybe.

I believe Shimizu and Sugita should be in the top fifty, but I will be surprised if either of them make the list.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...100-best-female-footballers-in-the-world-2021

 

Something tells me this is it. No one can be higher than Kumagai... If they put her at 41 how do they even know who Shimizu is, same as Hasegawa who is not as established as Iwabuchi... Sugita? Not sure they know her either...

 

I don't think all the games will be rescheduled to be on this date. This is only 3 days after the NT members rejoin their teams. It's only possible for them because JEF and Omiya are both impacted very little by the current situation.

In other news Ami Otaki is back training with her team just 1 month after she gave birth

11月上旬に出産👶したジェフ千葉レディースの #大滝麻未 選手が本日のトレーニングから部分合流🕺✨#おかえり🎉#jefunited #ジェフ千葉レディース #WEリーグ #ママアスリート #復帰 #スピード復帰 https://t.co/PkrDhrR4Kr pic.twitter.com/T6gGABJYmd

— ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉【公式X】 (@jef_united) December 8, 2021

 

So Alex Chidiac is back in Australia for a loan to Melbourne Victory Maybe she couldn't get back into Japan or wanted play time during the winter break.

Hold up!! Another signing?!? 🤯 pic.twitter.com/1A33bvuzpC

— Melbourne Victory (@gomvfc) December 9, 2021

 

https://p.dw.com/p/43tQn

https://p.dw.com/p/43w56

Nice article about Saki Kumagai. However, they found two ways to misspell her name. At least in the German version (first link). Impressive...

 

Went to watch Arsenal - Barcelona tonight at the Emirates, still amazed how Barca controlled the game for 90 minutes just walking. Definitely, a model for the Nadeshiko to implement (maybe).

Watched Iwabuchi as well, but not much to watch, pretty much chased the ball most of the time but still a fun experience I guess.

 

Tomorrow's games:

Empress's Cup third round
Iga vs Anclas 13:30
Cerezo vs Fujieda Junshin 10:30
Shizuoka vs Orca 10:30
Menina vs Harima 14:00

 

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2073100/

30minute english program on the WE league by NHK World. It has a lot of information in it for a 30 minute video. It's not exactly new information but it is interesting.

 

Today's result:

Empress's Cup third round
Cerezo (Matsumoto, Iwamoto, Takawa, Momono) 4-0 Fujieda Junshin
Shizuoka 0-1 Orca (Urashima)
Iga (Mori, Sugita 2, Shimano, Nishikawa, Okino Kurea, Mitsuhashi) 7-0 Anclas
It's interesting about Iga's next match; the opponent is Urawa.
Menina (Ikegami, Hijikata) 2-1 Harima (Chiba)

 

Tomorrow's game:

Empress's Cup third round
Sfida Setagaya vs Ange Violet 13:00

 

What? Oh,yes.
I feel really sorry for Iwamoto who had several almost goals in the second round too.

 

OL Reign has agreed to the permanent transfer of Nicole Momiki to Linköpings FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan

OL Reign Acquire Sinclaire Miramontez; Transfer Momiki to Linköpings FC

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/3DJxXTCzbf pic.twitter.com/Mjj89aAy13

— Seattle Reign FC (@reignfc) December 10, 2021

Good move. NWSL is in shambles nowadays while Damallsvenskan offer competitive environment and is a good platform to jump from next to Bundesliga or FAWSL.

 

Will it be possible to watch it somewhere? I'm so much interested too about the game.

 

Today's result:

Empress's Cup third round
Setagaya (Ohtake, Horie) 2-1 Ange Violet (Yoshitani)

 

I think it's impossible.

 

If Iga beat Urawa, the quarter final is televised by NHK.