Official 2021 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

Empress's Cup third round highlights:

 

Good news; it will be aired in an internet live, I don't know if you can see it though.
http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2021/tv.html

 

I will try, thank you

 

Iwabuchi scored an equalizer. OG? Really?

 

Tomorrow's game:

WE League
Jef vs Ohmiya 13:00

 

Free live streaming??........(nothing on the DAZN Japan You Tube site)

 

Hoffenheim needed a 5-goals-margin and after rewatching the goal several times I think it was likely an own goal. The ball is running in a straight line from Wienroither`s foot to the left side of the goal. If Iwabuchi had made the contact with the ball I would have expected the ball to either run in a curve or ends further right in the goal.

 

Chiba 1 Ohmiya 1
Chiba were pretty lucky to get away with a draw today. Ohmiya scored a goal but it was deemed not to have entered Chiba's goal. As Kaihori said there is no goal line technology in the WE League.

Chiba started the best and looked dangerous. Kamogawa was again everywhere creating problems. But gradually Ohmiya came into the game and by the time they scored in the second half were the better team.

Ohmiya's short passing and one-touch play at times was very impressive and will perhaps make Twistal a convert. One of the key moments in the match was in the middle of the second half when Chiba had been dominating play, but Ohmiya were able to hold onto the ball for three to five minutes and it stamped out Chiba's momentum. Possession is a good thing.

However, Ohmiya still need to move the ball a bit more quickly in the opposition's half. They are still not threatening the goal enough. Both goals (disallowed goals count) came from speculative shots. It is a work in progress, but it looks really promising for them based off of this game.

Number 25 Murakami had a good game and was very important in linking up with everybody on the pitch. Nakada was not at her best, but having said that she did help to create two of the three best chances for Ohmiya. She was a bit too wasteful today.

Good game though.

As an aside note they are playing the two Empress Cup semi-finals near my house, but I probably will not be here, because I have to snowboard.

 

No, nothing. The twelfth round is on the 5th of March, so I would assume they will play the remaining eleventh round games the week before, but I could be wrong.

 

The winter transfer window for the WE league is set to be from January 28th to February 25th. Given Japan's school system which ends its academic year sometime during march, this window will probably be where all the academy players are promoted or high school players are signed. Will also be interesting to see the moves from or to the Nadeshiko League.

【プレスリリース】
2021第２登録ウインドーの期間設定について

✅https://t.co/5znaafyoQ8#Yogibo #WEリーグ #これは新しい日本のキックオフだ

— WEリーグ｜日本女子プロサッカーリーグ (@WE_League_JP) December 18, 2021

 

Kumagai goal in Bremen

 

Jun Endo is leaving Beleza to join newly formed Angel City FC in the NWSL. She will play in the Empress Cup before she leaves for the 2022 Season.

【Be】この度、遠藤純選手が、エンジェル・シティFC（アメリカ）に完全移籍することが決定しましたので、お知らせします。

遠藤選手のプロフィールおよびコメントはこちらからご覧ください▶️https://t.co/O7uM9FV2pq#beleza #日テレ・ベレーザ #遠藤純 pic.twitter.com/McAl50Z8xK

— 日テレ・東京ヴェルディベレーザ公式⚽ (@tokyo_beleza) December 21, 2021

Her comments on the move

Jun Endo's statement to @tokyo_beleza's website on her move to @weareangelcity:

"I have decided to join Angel City FC. The three years I have spent at Beleza have been an incredible asset to my soccer career. By training every day under Coach Nakata I was able to turn...

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— Dan Orlowitz (@aishiterutokyo) December 21, 2021

"There are a number of reasons I decided to make this move, but at Tokyo2020 I keenly felt that my technique, desire to score goals, hard work, and physicality were all inferior to players from other countries."

 

Jef vs Ohmiya highlight:

We need goal line technology.

 

Great...

 

Yamashita, Hasegawa, Tanaka, Momiki, Miyazawa, Endo. A few more players and you can create a Top-3 starting 11 calibre team for WE League from players who left Beleza within those past couple of years...

Plus a few veterans like Sakaguchi and a few rotation players like Sumida, Sara Ito or Ibuki Hara and it's pretty much 11 players already...

The only transfers In were pretty much Kitamura and Endo who came and left now...

I just don't understand how they manage this team, based on which principles?... Grow young players, promote and let them go for free?...

 

Will she be another Japanese top player wasting time on the bench? None of the younger players made an impact in North America or actually just an imprint. The veterans of many NT games are/were actively playing (Kawasumi, Nagasato, Utsugi), but the youngsters...?

 

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/matsubarakei/20211222-00273657

Kei Matsubara interviewed Hana Sugita. Haven't put it through DeepL yet.

 

Who knows? But she has not been starting for Beleza.

I am not sure they are going to miss her that much. She burst on the scene two years ago, but once players figured her out she has struggled to make much of a difference at Beleza. She just seems a bit one-dimensional. She has never been a regular starter.

I really think she suffered from being promoted a bit too quickly to the national team. It came a bit too easily for her. This is why I am happy about Kinoshita being left out of the national team at the moment, because she gets a chance to play regularly without the distraction of the national team.

But Endo is still very young and has tremendous potential so I hope she can make the most of her move. Though I worry about how much playing time she will get.