Official 2020 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

2004, 2009, 2014, 2020....Congrats!

 

In these trying times (Covid) it was great to see they were able to have their big day in front of what looked and sounded like a sizeable crowd......Congrats to all Reds

 

Yesterday's result:

Nadeshiko League
Iga 0-1 Albi (Kamionobe)
Urawa (Osafune, Shiokoshi, Mizutani, Naomoto, Ando) 5-1 Ehime (Ueno)
Beleza (Endo) 1-1 Cerezo (Koyama)

Nadeshiko League 2
Yamato (Kishi, Hori) 2-0 Nittaidai
Bunnys 0-1 Nippatsu (Nagashima)
Setagaya (Seno, Horie, Nagasaki) 3-1 Orca (Kinga)

Challenge League
Nagoya (Takebayashi) 1-0 Tsukuba

 

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⬤ WK-League: Today's the match to decide the South Korean finalist - the clubs in 2nd and 3rd have their playoff. On the home side, Asuna Tanaka (No.4) is up against Suwon WFC's Madoka Haji (No.5). All three games in the league were 1-0 wins for Gyeongju, who did spectacularly well to almost top the 2020 table, and have reached 12 wins in a row, without scoring so highly. But last year, Haji's Suwon team were the playoff victors, 2-0.

Live stream: Gyeongju KHNP v Suwon WFC - (Kickoff: Mon 09:00 GMT, 18:00 JST)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xjA4M1TFYg


As usual, Haji has made a beautiful photoshop promo, but can you spot her deliberate mistake? It's quite provocative, but, brava...

(by MDK__14)​

The final is on Thurs 12th & Mon 16th Nov, it's a 2-leg contest against Incheon.

Also on the Tweeter, a list of season stats for Nanase Kiryu, whose team Changnyeong finished 5th:
www.twitter.com/Que_sera_diez/status/1317238831192526848

 

Tanaka Yoko was slightly injured because got a hug by some big teammate just after the game.

 

1. Shiokoshi
2. Ueno
3. Kawashima

 

This was the first game she has started this season. Given that Huelva had lost all four games prior to this match it was probably time the manager went with something different.

Huelva's midfield is actually not that bad, but how on earth they can leave Yoko on the bench is absolutely beyond me. I know I am biased and she did not play that well against Atletico, but it was better than anybody else from Huelva, except maybe for Kanteh on the right. She is just class and what little opportunity with the ball she gets she usually does something with it. They are still sticking her out on the wing.

Her ability to control the ball in tight spaces makes her such a valuable member of that team. Early on in the game the Atletico right back (Grace Kazadi from Lyon no less) charged at Yoko in an attempt to close her down when she had the ball - thinking she could force Yoko to turn the ball over - but Yoko flicks the ball past her and draws a foul from Kazadi. She made her look pretty bad.

Just from that one move she created a little bit more space for herself, because Kazadi realises she can't just panic Yoko into a mistake like most of the other players for Huelva.

The big difference between the Spanish league and the Nadeshiko League is the difference in skill. The midfielders and forwards are all fairly skillful for most teams in the Spanish League, but some of the defenders are technically so deficient compared to the Nadeshiko League. Huelva's are really bad at passing and dribbling. It is kind of surprising sometimes.

Anyway, I will leave it at that, because it was just great to see her play. God only knows when we will see her again given the randomness of coverage in Spain.

 

3 points - Shiokoshi vs. Ehime
2 points - Kyokawa vs. Nojima
1 point - Ueno vs. Urawa

 

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⬤ WK-League: Don't let Madoka Haji fool you with her excellent editing skills...

Deliberate mistake time! Madoka Haji digitally added an extra star to her club's logo ★★ But the real Suwon badge has only one star...

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Such confidence from her! Suwon were the Korean champions in 2010, but she was very keen for her team to add a star for 2020. (I mean, frankly, I don't think they should in any case, the star thing is ridiculous and makes football jerseys look like a movie poster...)
BUT ANYWAY... Was Haji right? Would Suwon go to the final? Or would Asuna Tanaka's Gyeongju KHNP edge them out again? Here are Monday's playoff match highlights:



And the final (1st leg) is live tomorrow, Thursday.

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For Urawa fans (are there someone here?):

 

Goal of the week contest.

Choose three best goals from each round and award it with points:

the best - 3pts
2nd best - 2pts
3rd best - 1pts

16th round highlights

My pick:

Kyokawa vs. Nojima.... ........3pts
Mariko Tanaka vs Mynavi.... 2pts
Ueno vs. Urawa.................... 1pt

Current standings:

Shiokoshi...........9 pts
Kyokawa............6 pts
Ueno..................6 pts
Mariko Tanaka...2 pts
Kawashima........1 pt

voted by: unepommekun, blissett, KAPIJXM, Lechus7

 

Shiokoshi.............3pts
Ueno.....................2pts
Kyokawa...............1pt

 

I think only Ando.
The other important members were Kumagai, Yano, Yamgo, Kitamoto, Yanagita...maybe

 

Tomorrow's games:

Nadeshiko League (all games start at 13:00)
Mynavi vs Urawa
Nojima vs Iga
Albi vs Beleza
Ehime vs Jef

Challenge League
Shizuoka vs NORD 11:00
Tsukuba vs JFA 14:00

 

it's what I did in order for not to forget - there's no time frame really

On another topic right now I'm compiling players stats from this season of Nadeshiko League. One of the people behind Guardian top 100 asked me about it and I couldn't point him for anything beyond NL official page thus I decided to compile it myself.

After looking on some numbers I have to say that Beleza was doomed not to succeed almost from the get go this season...the sheer number of injuries and player absence (quarantne for safety reason perhaps) along with it poor timings has really undone them. Imagine that there was a match in this season where they didn't had a substitute GK on the bench!

I'll post the doc when it's ready but here are some highlights (after 16 rounds)

name - minutes - apperances/starts - goals - assists - shots - conversion ratio

Naomoto Hikaru - 920min - 14 app / 14st - 5 goals - 10 ass - sh 37 - cr:13,5%

Sugasawa Yuika - 1225min - 15 app / 14 st - 16 goals - 1 ass - sh 60 - cr: 26,7%

Ando Kozue - 652min - 15 app / 2 st - 4 goals - 0 ass - sh 12 - cr: 25%

Tanaka Mina - 1413min - 16 app / 16 st - 11 goals - 5 ass - sh 43 - cr: 25,6%

Ueki Riko - 919min - 14app / 12 st - 4 goals - 0 ass - sh 29 - cr: 13,7 %

Kobayashi Rikako - 1261min - 14app / 14 st - 13 goals - 3 ass - sh 32 - cr: 40,6%

Hasegawa Yui - 1493min - 16app / 16 st - 7 goals - 7 ass - sh 33 - cr: 21,2%

Miyazawa Hinata - 779min - 16app / 7 st - 6 goals - 5 ass - sh 26 - cr: 23,1%

Endo Yun - 1041min - 13app / 11 st - 6 goals - 3 ass - sh 17 - cr: 35,3%


Player that impressed me the most:

Kinoshita Momoka - 922min - 15app / 9st - 2 goals - 5 ass ...17 year and 8 months old

INAC's almost 20 year old Mizuno Fukina - 1002min - 13 app / 10 st - 2goals - 1 ass... is also a one to keep an eye for the future.

Other fun fact Beleza playing roster has average age 20,9

 

Goal of the week (16th round)

Winner:

Yuzuho Shiokoshi (Urawa Red Diamonds) 12 pts

Ueno..................8 pts
Kyokawa............7 pts
Mariko Tanaka...2 pts
Kawashima........1 pt

voted by: unepommekun, blissett, KAPIJXM, Lechus7, Manchester Nadeshiko

Previous round winners:

1st round Mayo Doko (NTV Beleza) / Saori Takarada (Cerezo Osaka Sakai) 6 pts
2nd round Yuzuho Shiokoshi (Urawa Red Diamonds) 11 pts
3rd round Mana Iwabuchi (INAC Kobe Leonessa) 13 pts
4th round Mina Tanaka (INAC Kobe Leonessa) 13 pts
5th round Yuki Mizutani (Urawa Red Diamonds) 11 pts
6th round Yui Hasegawa (NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza) 15 pts
7th round Yui Hasegawa (NTV Beleza) / Yuika Sugasawa (Urawa Reds) 13 pts
8th round Ami Sugita (Iga FC Kunoichi) 13pts
10th round Mami Ueno (Ehime FC) 12 pts
11th round Hikaru Naomoto (Urawa Reds) 12 pts
12th round Yui Hasegawa (NTV Beleza) 17 pts
13th round Miyu Yakata (Cerezo Osaka Sakai) 13 pts
14th round Mizuki Saihara (Ehime FC Ladies) 13 pts
15th round Chihiro Yamaguchi (Ehime FC Ladies) 11pts
16th round Ami Otaki (JEF Utd. Ichihara Chiba) 12 pts

 

Would you please check Koyama and Hamano, too?
U17 Little Nadeshiko next year is called a diamond generation, maybe.

 

Albi v Beleza.......Yamashita back for Beleza

 

Hamano Maika - 1306min - 16 app / 15 st - 5 goals - 6 ass - 16 years 6 months old
Koyama Fumino - 1420min - 16 app / 12 st - 1 goal - 0 ass - 15 years 10 months old

Impressive stats... but it's to be expected as Cerezo is the new Beleza
Osaka playing roster is also close to U20 on average