Japanese Abroad 2010/11 [R] - Part III (GER)

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Uchida makes another splendid individual defensive effort.
Hopefully he can get a move away from Schalke for CL football again next year.

Uchida milling around like he hopes to get somebody's jersey... maybe Pikachu's?

 

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Utter embarrassment for Schalke. Uchida played pretty terrible too. Disappointing ending to Uchida's Champions league run.

 

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Haha he was clearly pissed off around the third goal of Manchester and competely surrendered in defense to go on an all out attack. Funny.

Good performance, and damn he's really fast. I always thought Nagatomo was the fastest defender but after tonight I'm not so sure.

 

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Actually Uchida was good until the coach threw the match away by bringing on Edu for Baumjohann, and apparently ordering the fullbacks to stay back. (Whoever was in for Sarpei on the other side was getting murdered defensively in the first half, but he was getting forward a lot.)

Sickening coaching against a Man U B-team that was clearly not motivated, and could have been ripe for the plucking with only two goals to make up.

I would expect that Germans of all people wouldn't fold like a cheap tent in those circumstances.

Edu might be the worst player ever to play in a CL semifinal.

 

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Thought Uchida had a good game.

Hara...
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Empty out your saltshaker, but Goal.com gave Uchida the highest rating on Schalke with a 6.5. That's pretty generous, but I do think a case can be made for him and Jurado, and maybe Raul, as the best of a bad lot

 

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I thought Jurado was the worst player along with the left back...scored a really nice goal but he lost the ball way too much when he didn't have to.

 

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You know, he's there for Cerezo. Just navy blue and pink.

 

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I think Uchida play well, all mistake came from the center defender again... from the formation they play, the role of center defender are more important, one of them broken all defense will break down.

 

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Okazaki got his first

edit: lovely goal

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DAMN , what we and he have waited for that one.

 

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Nice finish.

 

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He made it look easy with his technique. Well-taken goal.

 

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Hosogai didn't play but Augsburg has been promoted.

 

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Dortmund to play Japanese abroad(and those related to Japan) on the 17th.

http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/world/news/20110510-OHT1T00253.htm

 

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yep, ill attend it is a nice gesture to kagawa from the club. he was the one initating it and our main sponsor evonik which actually wanted dortmund to go on a one week promotion tour in japan is the one organising and financing everything.
hopefully kagawa gets some minutes. i ve missed him in our offense the whole year.
man im still pissed at JNT for screwing up his foot .

here is the press conference where it was anounced. (most of it in german but some parts are japanese as well)

http://www.liga1.tv/sport/beitrag/fussball/video/bvb-benefizspiel-in-duisburg-14.html
http://www.liga1.tv/sport/beitrag/fussball/video/bvb-benefizspiel-in-duisburg-24.html
http://www.liga1.tv/sport/beitrag/fussball/video/bvb-benefizspiel-in-duisburg-34.html
http://www.liga1.tv/sport/beitrag/fussball/video/bvb-benefizspiel-in-duisburg-44.html

 

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Slighty skewed IMHO.

Of course he was influential. But I'd say they lacked goals in the 2nd half of the season because Barrios and Sahin were injured for long stretches of the that 2nd half.

But to say Kagawa was the most important reason is probably right. They missed his movement off that ball. He also seemed be the lynchpin for the front 4.

 

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Barrios was not injured that long (he missed just 1 game, but was not fit for 90 minutes for several others), and Sahin only got injured in the 30th round. But generally, you can never say that Kagawa would have produced X goals because he did that before etc. and as written we never know what would have happened if he was under the pressure, like the rest of the team. It's a speculative article anyway.

However, good news: According to kicker he seems to be on the bench on Saturday!

 

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Kagawa's probably not good to start yet. But for the last matchday, celebration of the title championship and mostly all of that at the home ground. I hope Klopp gives Kagawa some time at the end at least to celebrate the season. Just put him on for the final 10 minutes it'd be a great gesture and I reckon the Dortmund crowd would love it.

 

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That would be great.

 

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If he'll be on the bench than there's only one reason for that - and we'll see him, I'm sure. Klopp's doing that from last week already.

 

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In the pre-match press conference Klopp said that Kagawa will be subbed in IF the match situation allows. It will be nothing more and nothing less than a symbolic gesture.