Her frustration is understandable but not sure that is entirely towards her teammates. I wouldn't be surprised if an element of frustration...
Talking about Nakashima. She doesn't have to start. To me, she looks like much more threatening player than Seike to bring in in the last 15...
In the first half, Hamano played on the left. Her positioning and willing to come inside to be part of build up was great and definitely...
So who will or not make to the Olympic squad? Ueno, Hamano - they both looked out of their depth to be honest. Hamano looked like she was just...
Certainly in the second half. But those misses especially the first one cost us a win.
Does Ueno actually look at the defensive line? She looks like she just runs forward when our midfielder gets the ball. Not a senior national team...
Again a great cross by Kitagawa to Fujino - very Endoesque early cross. Really don’t understand Ikeda desperate to play with four back watching this.
Hasegawa and Kitagawa are outstanding players for Japan in the first half. Tanaka scored but her hold up play were really poor for her standard -...
Hasegawa is a different class… I would not play her as number 10. She’s better at 6 not only for defensive role but also for attacking as she can...
Fujino misses an absolute sitter…. Great play by Hasegawa and a brilliant cross by Kitagawa.
A fantastic play by Hasegawa who releases Hamano. Hamano finally got free space and time and delivers a cross - a mistake by Brazil to clear and...
Hamano looks really struggling… I know she’s hardly played in her club but she’s really poor and the team struggle - can’t pass, losing duels…
Risa is the game captain!
I'm assuming it's three at the back - Koga, Ishikawa and Minami. A double pivot with Hayashi and Hasegawa. Shimizu and Kitagawa as wingbacks....
Not sure about Spurs. They are better team simply because they've got better players than West Ham but I don't think they are a good team....
As for those Japanese trio, West Ham is a terrible team, but to be fair that is the level of the team in WSL that they are guaranteed to start....
With that exclusion of Takahashi as well as the inclusion of Moriya and keeping Kitagawa etc., has Ikeda finally given up the "Kumagai the...
Miyazawa is a surprise to me. She's only back in light training. I don't think she's training with the team yet. Not really sure what Ikeda wants...
I know we had so many corners and finally scored, but I really like these corners they are doing. Much better than short corners they tend to do...
Their finishing may be poor, but didn’t they create far more chances and get into the box than previous games (apart from the first one that...
Either because of tiredness or losing patience, they started shooting from long ranges now. Some of them were probably fine because there were no...
The build up and counter pressing is really good today. The quick passing in around the area is exceptional so far. Such a shame to concede that goal.
I don’t know if this is coach’s instruction or it’s the player’s decision making, but what all these long balls into the box by the left back? If...
Great. I think she's perfect for this role - she won't hesitate to say what needs to be said. Also from a lot of footages of any interviews or...
Link to the video (it's in Japanese): [MEDIA]