Maya Yoshida officially joins German club Schalke 04 on 1-year permanent contract, with an option to extend for a further year....
Ritsu Doan officially joins SC Freiburg on a permanent long-term contract:...
He shall try new league. He is stagnating in Spain.
Is there a team in the Dutch top division (apart from teams in the top 6 or top 7) who has similar quality to Stuttgart, who is currently ranked...
By challenging matches I meant matches against quality opponents, which are more by huge amount if you compare German league to Dutch league....
Ritsu Doan will not get better or improve by playing against the likes of Cambuur, Fortuna Sittard, and Sparta Rotterdam, with all due respect....
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2 Nations League match days will be played in September, hence Japan can squeeze in at least 1 friendly vs. a European team. There are rumours...
Assist for Haraguchi today for Union Berlin vs. Eintracht Frankfurt. 2 goals and 5 assists. This is his best season in Germany so far.
2 goals and 4 assists this season. He has been doing well for Union Berlin who are fighting for a Europa League spot, proving in the process that...
Anrie Chase officially joins Stuttgart.
He gained the penalty from which Genk scored their first goal, scored the third, and assisted the fourth. 3 goal contributions in a 5-0 win.
His brace against South Korea in the 2016 AFC U-23 final, his goal against Australia in the 2018 WCQs, and lastly the winning goal vs. Australia...
This is what he good at, counterattacking, pressing, and using his speed to beat opposing defenders. However, his strength was not manifested in...
I think this group will be much harder if we got Ecuador, Cameroon, or the Winner from UEFA playoff, then it will be truly the group of death....
I think we are all not expecting a passage to last 16, not only Japan's fans but also any football fan around the world is sharing the same...
:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: I repped your post because it made me laugh badly. Anyway, historically whenever @teioh is going in full pessimistic...
This is almost 2006 scenario:D.
This is good. Let them underestimate Japan until the wake up by a surprise result in their opening WC fixture.
So, for friendly matches the Argentina and Brazil matches in June can go ahead now. Portugal, Uruguay, and Ghana may be interested to face Japan...
The only positive about Japan's WC draw: Both Spain and Germany may underestimate Japan, while Japan will work hard to get a positive result...
Group E: Spain . Costa Rica / New Zealand . Japan . Germany . Well at least Japan got either Costa Rica and New Zealand.