Hope to see Usami start, he has such a good confidence in his abilities and can tell that when he's playing. It would be nice if the other players gained this kind of confidence. I think Nagai was great as well, he seems to give Japan something different which I haven't seen in a long time. That's the first I saw of him since the Olympics where I thought he was excellent, always wondered what happened to him. I always dreamed of a Honda, Kagawa, Usami forward line, has such great potential. Throw in a kakitani as well and the coach has some great options!
Oneworldsports has a blog dedicated to the following and analyzation of the JNT run by a blogger by the name of Ken Matsushima. How do you guys normally think about his analysis?
Halilhodzic is thinking about changing the lineup completely. http://web.gekisaka.jp/news/detail/?159893-159893-fl
Aoyama, a great player. I don't know if he's gonna be in JNT for a long time (30 y.o.), but he has a gift with that shot.
Scoreline is harsh for Uzbekistan who were on top for long periods of the game. That said, lots of fun things in this game !
Japan 5 - 1 Uzbekistan (FT) Aoyama 6' Okazaki 54' Shibasaki 79' Tukhtakhodjaev 82' Usami 83' Kawamata 90'