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

I think we'll have to wait and see but at least she will be in a new team from the beginning. I would much prefer someone get playtime in a team that's at the bottom of the table rather than warming the bench in a team that win's the playoffs.

By the way the person that scouted Endo is Eni Aluko. The same woman that brought Iwabuchi to Aston Villa. She seems to like Japanese players.

Just to maybe *slightly* ease your pain.

Beleza will receive an agreed-upon transfer fee

ACFCのエニオラSDは、日本の女子サッカーに多大な敬意を持ち、欧米の相場以上の移籍金を飲んでくれました。

女子サッカー界全体の持続的発展のため、この遠藤選手の移籍が今後のWEリーグの基準になることを願っています。https://t.co/xlQUyA2bcJ

— Yuta Saito (@yutasaito_pt) December 21, 2021

"Beleza will receive an agreed-upon transfer fee

Out of respect towards Japanese women's football, ACFC has agreed to Beleza's proposed transfer fee that is higher than the average transfer fee in the American market. For the development of women's football I wish this becomes the standard of transfer negotiations in the WE league"

I think its the first time I've heard of a transfer fee when it comes the Japanese clubs. Even INAC didn't get anything for Iwabuchi. Maybe Beleza can use this to get a/some new player(s) during the transfer window.

She's one of the only players I think is a good example that some players don't necessarily have to go overseas to be world-class. Though I wouldn't mind if she did. It seems she likes playing on the wings and from her comments on the Netherlands game she also seems confident that she will get called up to the NT sooner or later under Ikeda.

 

Washington Spirit signed Takarada as a forward but then had to convert her to a CB because of her role in the NT. Recently she was played as a SB in the Iceland game. If I was the Spirit coach I would also bench a player that doesn't know which position she's playing in. There's obviously other factors like the coaching change that happened mid-season but I'm suspecting that's a big factor in her not getting enough playtime mid-late season.

 

Well, I partly disagree.

I think Endo started enough games and if not, every game she used to come in as a super-sub for at least 30 minutes and really help Beleza to get a result. It's all depends on the structure Beleza plays. Ueki on top and 2 wings either Kobayashi - Endo or Kinoshita or Kitamura. If one player is out with an injury, whoever was left off, automatically takes this place. Without Endo, Beleza now has no subs at all, at least they had one (Endo) now they have none...

So yeah, I think Beleza are going to miss her, especially since you can't replace her with the same quality player on the Japanese market, not that many of them around... It's going to be another Menina youngster instead with 0 experience on that level...

 

You make a fair point about depth. Now that she is leaving who are they going to have come off the bench? They do not seem to have a lot of options. Maybe Utsugi will be fit enough by next year?

But I agree with you in that there does not seem to be an overall strategy for making the club strong again.

 

Tomorrow's games:

Empress's Cup fourth round
Sanfre vs Mynavi 14:00
Urawa vs Iga 14:00
Chifure vs Albi 11:00
Nojima vs Cerezo 14:00
Nagano vs Beleza 14:00
Jef vs Orca 11:00
Ohmiya vs Setagaya 11:00
Inac vs Menina 11:00

 

JFA website report..."Live internet distribution"

Omiya v Setagaya
Urawa v Iga

(Perhaps we will have unexpected Christmas gift...here's hoping)

 

Albirex Niigata is gonna have their own stream up for their game against Chifure today. Not sure of the quality or if it will be available overseas.

1474517061993115653 is not a valid tweet id

 

H.T.
Chifure 0-1 Albi
Ohmiya 0-1 Setagaya
Jef 0-0 Orca
Inac 0-0 Menina

 

The Urawa vs Iga game is definitely being streamed. Well it is streaming in Japan.

 

The Omiya v Setagaya game was just available in U K

(Ps...Christmas greetings if you celebrate Christmas or Happy Saturday if you don't)

 

Today's result (1):

Chifure 0-2 Albi (Yamaya, Ibaraki)
Jef (Kamogawa ) 1-0 Orca
Inac (Hamano) 1-2 Menina (Hijikata, Hiwatashi)
Ohmiya (Murakami, Uetsuji) 2-1 Setagaya (OG)

 

4.45 am....got live pictures of the Reds/Iga game on the JFA site...wake up KAPI.... if Menina can beat INAC who knows?

 

#WEリーグ は長いウィンターブレイクで3月まで試合がないのでINAC神戸の選手は代表アピールの場を早々に失ってしまった。池田監督の志向からみてアジアカップには杉田や山下がいないかもしれない。海外移籍した方が？と思ってしまう...#なでしこジャパン　#皇后杯

— Rbgt (@nadekofootball) December 25, 2021

A valid concern from a fan

“Now that INAC are out of the tournament and there aren’t any league games for 3 months, INAC’s possible national team members don’t have an opportunity to show their worth before the Asian Cup. We may well see players like Yamashita and Sugita not selected for the tournament. Maybe they should go abroad?”

I haven’t watched the game and I don’t even know the starting lineups so I wont comment but it’s an interesting thought.

 

H.T....Urawa 0 Iga 0

Looks pretty even to me so far...
I dont think it would be readily apparent to the casual viewer which one of these two teams is the professional outfit if told one of them was 'non league'

 

H.T.
Urawa 0-0 Iga
Sanfre 1-0 Mynavi
Nagano 0-3 Beleza
Nojima 0-1 Cerezo

 

　
If Sugita is not selected for the national squad come the Asian Cup then I seriously do not know what Ikeda is thinking. Sugita has consistently been Nadeshiko's best player for the last two years (along with Iwabuchi) and has been the best player at INAC (along with Narumiya).

If anything she seems to be getting better. What am I missing? What happened at the national camp she went to?

Yamashita should be in the team as well. On an aside note. Based on her performances I have seen this I would like to see Arisa Mochizuki get a call up to the national team. When i have watched her she has been very good. It is part of the reason Stambaugh has not been getting in the team.

Nojima are losing to Cerezo, which is not a surprise. But they might be able to find a way to score in the second half. Cerezo usually start fast. But I do not hold out much hope.

 

F.T.....Urawa 1 Iga 0

Iga concede a goal with four mins to go but must go home with their heads held high.They played well

(if that performance is anything to go by then it is the WE Leagues loss imo that Champions Iga will not be appearing next season)

 

Today's result (2):

Urawa (Seike) 1-0 Iga
Sanfre (Matsubara Shiho, Kinga) 2-0 Mynavi
Nojima (Matsumoto, Wakisaka) 2-3 Cerezo (Matsumoto, Takawa, Koyama)
Nagano 0-4 Beleza (Kitamura, Ueki, Kobayashi, Yamamoto)

 

I am very happy to see Horoshima topple Sendai. I hope they can get through to the semi-finals, so I can watch them.

I will be curious to see the highlights of the Nojima game. I really want the coach to step down, but it will not happen. Nojima are a weak team, but the way they play at the moment is pretty bad and losing to Cerezo is embarrassing. I know Cerezo are a good team, but it is the principle.

I only watched the second half of this match, but it is second halves like this where I completely understand where @#Twistal is coming from regarding the way some of the top teams play.

You have the champions of last season packed with Nadeshiko squad members playing on the break and unable to handle a high press from Iga. Iga looked like they new what they were doing, whereas Urawa did not. Though I guess playing on the break got them the win, so what do I know?

But Urawa played into Iga's strengths. I do not know why Urawa did not play out from the back more. I mean they have really good players that should be able to handle pressure. But they did win the match.

But the Iga coach can come and join Nojima if he wants.

 

How sad is it that Hiroshima's first ever win at home isn't even watchable online. JFA chose to professionalise the sport, the least they can do is treat the professional clubs like professional clubs and actually show their games.

 

Actually, I wanted to say before that game how cool this would be if youngsters will be able to at least control the ball against INAC for like 65%. It would show that the Beleza style really works well. But seeing them winning this game, makes me even more proud lol

No matter how bad management is, players just not letting this team die. Hijikata should start for Beleza now, she might be as good as Hamano already.

Merry Christmas to everyone as well!

 

Hoshikawa says, "it's not that a high school team beat us; rather a good team beat us."