Meh I'm not very surprised to be honest. Anyone who watched he U-17 should know why they lost. This match basically summed up the problems with this generation. Great attacking potential, but not defensive stand outs or discipline. Hopefully the next generation will be better. Fortunately we won't have to worry about S Korea knocking us out because they didn't even qualify for the AFC U-16 Championship.
I believe that until Japanese coaches are not capable to instill motivation and self-confidence into their players, JFA better hires foreign players from the U13 all the way to Zaccheroni. This defeat is pathetic... I was discussing this with Matsu last night: how many good, international level coaches has Japan produced in these last 20 years? Maybe five or so...? For how long our very promising youth players should be coached by guys who still play Meiji period soccer and can't get the kids to perform as they should?
I told you. It is ridiculous to have any expectations for Japan at this level until the JFA makes massive changes. Considering they have to overcome not only the strucural flaws of the soccer world, but of sports psychology in general, that are deeply embedded in Japan, it is pretty much hopeless. We have to see the matches at this level as a way to showcase Japan's emerging individual attacking talent, and nothing more. At team level, the results will never be there.
Meiji football beat Spain ? Meiji football is such a beautiful passing game ? They played very well at this time ... Do you know this coach, his methods ? How can you be so sure it's his fault ? I blame him for benching Kawanami (unthinkable) and not subbing Ibusuki who could not play at the same pace as his comrades. But that's all I can say about him. Don't put all the blame on this guy, it's too easy.
I won't worry too much about the DF. Just look at the DF from the last U-19 tournament. 鎌田翔雅 村松 大輔 金井 貢史 岡本 知剛 吉田 勇樹 薗田 淳 大野 和成 How many of those players do you recognize today? For me the only that really stands out is Muramatsu, who's playing for the hopeless Bellmare. Sonoda is starting to get playing time, but still not a regular fixture in the Frontale line-up. Just goes to show that the DF are by no means a finished product. I can almost guarantee that probably only 1 DF from this year will play for the NT in the future, my bet Endo Wataru. Of course the 2007 squad was pretty good with Uchida, Makino, and Yasuda.
When a youth representative is mentally so weak, who do you blame if not the guy who picked and (allegedly) trained the players?
Japan U21 4-2 Shonan http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/soccer/headlines/20101027-00000040-kyodo_sp-spo.html
Re: Toulon Tournament 2010 And I don't know where the U19 topic is so I post it there. U19 HS Training Camp : Code: GK 1 櫛引 政敏 KUSHIBIKI Masatoshi 1993.01.29 185 cm 78 kg 青森山田高校 3 年 2 小澤 章人 OZAWA Akihito 1992.08.10 183 cm 80 kg 西武台高校 3 年 3 緒方 大樹 OGATA Daiki 1992.05.02 178 cm 75 kg 流通経済大柏高校 3 年 4 樫根 啓人 KASHINE Keito 1992.04.02 185 cm 78 kg 関西大学第一高校 3 年 DF 5 増田 繁人 MASUDA Shigeto 1992.06.11 189 cm 75 kg 流通経済大柏高校 3 年 6 大畠 一馬 OHATA Kazuma 1992.05.12 180 cm 75 kg 駒澤大学高校 3 年 7 金 大貴 KIM Tae Gwi 1992.04.16 178 cm 71 kg 静岡学園高校 3 年 8 山本 大地 YAMAMOTO Daichi 1992.05.16 177 cm 70 kg 久御山高校 3 年 9 土師 直大 HAJI Masahiro 1992.06.17 175 cm 67 kg 滝川第二高校 3 年 10 中村 宏輝 NAKAMURA Koki 1992.05.20 180 cm 65 kg 立正大淞南高校 3 年 11 中村 謙吾 NAKAMURA Kengo 1992.05.05 171 cm 66 kg 立正大淞南高校 3 年 12 藤本 貴士 FUJIMOTO Takashi 1992.08.12 180 cm 68 kg 大津高校 3 年 MF 13 平野 伊吹 HIRANO Ibuki 1992.08.28 170 cm 64 kg 尚志高校 3 年 14 小島 秀仁 KOJIMA Shuto 1992.07.31 177 cm 67 kg 前橋育英高校 3 年 15 進藤 誠司 SHINDO Seiji 1992.12.12 169 cm 65 kg 流通経済大柏高校 3 年 16 白崎 凌兵 SHIRASAKI Ryohei 1993.05.18 180 cm 65 kg 山梨学院高校 2 年 17 宮本 龍 MIYAMOTO Ryu 1992.08.04 173 cm 70 kg 山梨学院高校 3 年 18 星野 有亮 HOSHINO Yusuke 1992.05.12 174 cm 64 kg 静岡学園高校 3 年 19 足立 拓眞 ADACHI Takuma 1993.03.28 172 cm 59 kg 久御山高校 3 年 20 二上 浩一 NIKAMI Koichi 1993.08.29 175 cm 64 kg 久御山高校 2 年 21 香川 勇気 KAGAWA Yuki 1992.07.02 175 cm 62 kg 滝川第二高校 3 年 22 谷口 智紀 TANIGUCHI Tomoki 1992.10.22 184 cm 65 kg 滝川第二高校 3 年 23 加藤 大樹 KATO Taiki 1993.03.14 170 cm 64 kg 立正大淞南高校 3 年 24 小田 悠太 ODA Yuta 1992.08.24 174 cm 65 kg 立正大淞南高校 3 年 25 車屋 紳太郎 KURUMAYA Shintarou 1992.04.05 180 cm 65 kg 大津高校 3 年 26 山田 貴文 YAMADA Takafumi 1992.04.19 172 cm 62 kg 日章学園高校 3 年 FW 27 小牟田 洋佑 KOMUTA Yosuke 1992.07.18 187 cm 75 kg 前橋育英高校 3 年 28 佐々木 雅人 SASAKI Masato 1992.04.09 168 cm 58 kg 西武台高校 3 年 29 加部 未蘭 KABE Miran 1992.06.17 187 cm 79 kg 山梨学院高校 3 年 30 坂本 樹是 SAKAMOTO Tatsuyoshi 1993.03.18 170 cm 60 kg 久御山高校 3 年 31 安川 集治 YASUKAWA aiji 1992.12.27 183 cm 73 kg 久御山高校 3 年 32 樋口 寛規 HIGUCHI Hiroki 1992.04.16 171 cm 71 kg 滝川第二高校 3 年 33 浜口 孝太 HAMAGUCHI Kota 1992.06.30 174 cm 78 kg 滝川第二高校 3 年 Interesting facts, I think Miran Kabe got his first call, it seems we found a tall midfielder (Tomoki Taniguchi) and there is a zainichi named Kim Tae Gwi in the team. I don't think it's a consequence of Tadanari's latest achievement, but it's awesome if ethnic Korean start to chose Japan.
Re: Toulon Tournament 2010 He was a regular with the U-16 and U-17 age group but got a bad injury just before the last Asia U-18 tournament and was out for a year, so thats why you havent seen his name in recent NT lineups.
Hey guys ... http://www.justin.tv/nighthead/b/282624544 Here's the latest Japan U22 - Uzbekistan U22 game.