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

It was full NT in WC qualifier.
U-24 won Argentina by 3-0 (0-1 in the first match) in friendly ones.

 

Honoka Hayashi scored for AIK today (2nd goal) in pre-season friendly.

Matchen är slut – AIK vinner med 2-0! Dagens målskyttar heter Adelisa Grabus och Honoka Hayashi. Vi önskar er alla en fortsatt trevlig onsdag!

90’ | #AIKKAL | 2–0 pic.twitter.com/7IATY3pB4k

— AIK Fotboll Dam (@AIKFotbollDam) March 31, 2021

Thanks for correcting my error. I actually saw both score lines but somehow was still able to mixed them up

 

NT member for friendlies:

GK
Ikeda, Yamashita, Hana

DF
Same, Miyaka, Shimizu, Miyagawa, Minami, Takahashi, Takarada

MF
Nakjima, Mizutani, Hasegawa, Sugita Hina, Miura, Shiokoshi, Hayashi, Kitamura, Kinoshita

FW
Sugasawa, Hamada, Iwabuchi, Tanaka, Momiki, Miyazawa

 

Lyon has now 4 new cases - 10 in total. Let's hope Kumagai didn't contracted the virus and her quarantine is only preventive.

Endo or Yokoyama may still get invited for June friendlies.

 

NT camp ends 14th April
(some sources say about joint training with Panama at 13th Apr)

Now, overseas based players need to self isolate on return for 7 to 14 days (depending on country) plus they will miss another 1-2 days cuz of travel. I wonder if Takakura agreed with clubs to release them earlier, ie. just after Panama game or even after the first match vs. Paraguay.

Iwabuchi's Aston Villa has some crucial matches in April in their fight to avoid relegation. In UK self isolation peroid is 7 days (?)

20.04 vs. West Ham
24.04 vs. Bristol
28.04 vs. Everton

Hasegawa's AC Milan has that all important 2nd game with Inter in Italian Cup..It's 14 days of self isolation for Italy (?)

18.04 vs. Napoli
24.04 vs. Inter (Cup)
02.05 vs. AS Roma

Tanaka's Franakfurt has very slim chances to finish 3rd in Bundesliga but they can still fight for 4th place finish with Turbine. It's quite compicated the rules in Germany but 10 days of self isolation is a given.

18.04 vs. Werder Bremen
25.04 vs. SGS Essen

Takarada's Spirit is starting the league season. Dunno the exact rules on players return.

10.04 vs. NC Courage
16.04 vs. Racing Louisville
21.04 vs. Orlando Pride
27.04 vs. Sky Blue FC

Hayashi's AIK is starting the league season. It's 7 days of self isolation for Sweden (?)

10.04 vs. Brommapojkarna (training)
17.04 vs. Vaxjo DFF
24.04 vs. Linkopings FC

(?) - I'm not exactly sure of these numbers as situation is somewhat fluid with new restrictions introduced on daily basis

 

Has Tanaka changed the club?

 

Obviously not...
I've been thinking about Leverkusen but wrote Frankfurt instead... perhaps on account of few other Japanese who played in there in past years

 

As you say the rules are very complicated. But my understanding of the rules in the UK is that elite sportspeople are still able to take part in competitions even if they are isolating the rest of the time and so I think Iwabuchi will be able to play in the April fixtures (Villa certainly need her!). I would guess that is the reason she has been allowed to go.

 

Today's games:

Nagoya vs Ehime 13:00
Konomiya vs Cerezo 13:00

 

18 mins...Nagoya 1 Ehime 0

 

correction:
Konomiya vs Cerezo 14:00

 

H.T. Nagoya 1 Ehime 0
Nagoya not giving Ehime a moment on the ball before they are all over them hence have not seen any meaningful Ehime attack.
Thought the goalkeeper could have done better with the goal.
(If you look at the flags on the far side of the pitch you would think you are watching a W.K. League game)

 

64 mins.....Nagoya 2 Ehime 0

66 mins....Nagoya 2 Ehime 1

88mins...Nagoya 2 Ehime 2

 

F.T.....Nagoya 2 Ehime 2
Think Ehime fans will be happy with the draw after their poor first half performance although they could have taken all the points if they had capitalised on the Nagoya goalkeepers error at 72 mins.
Ehmes 'super sixteen year old' number 20 Fujisawa made a difference when she came on for the final 30 mins and was instrumental in their first goal.Nagoya should have won that game (but they didn't).Go Ehime Ladies
ps Matsumoto went off injured in 2nd half.If she's out for a while that will be a big loss for Ehime imo

 

Today’s result:

Nagoya (Takashima, Ezaki) 2-2 Ehime (Yokoyama, Yamada)
Konomiya (Morisako) 1-1 Cerezo (Hamano)

 

Today's games (all games start at 13:00):

Nittaidai vs Iga
Yamato vs Nippatsu
Harima vs Setagaya
Ange Violet vs Orca

 

H.T......Nittaidai 0 Iga 3
No reason why they won't score another 3 in the second half.They're just too strong for Nittaidai.
(Nittaidai did have a close miss at 10 mins but not much else)

 

F.T.......Nittaidai 0 Iga 5
Nittaidai did muster three or four attacking moves in the second half so were not completely out of the game but Iga were by a big margin the superior side.Have a look at the delightful 'Hasegawa type' lobbed goal at 59 mins for 5-0.
(The highlight of the game for me was the crying baby on the soundtrack in the first half.Sort of summed up Nittaidai's plight.Brought a smile to my face.)

 

Today’s result:

Nittaidai 0-5 Iga (Nishikawa 3, Mitushashi, Sugita)
Yamato (Kobari) 1-1 Nippatsu (Obara)
Harima (Hazuki, Yoneda) 2-1 Setagaya (Takeshima)
Ange Violet 0-2 Orca (Minamiyama, Urashima)

 

TanaYo smashing the net

🤩 ¡Pero que GOLAZO de Yoko Tanaka!

🔵⚪️ SPH 3-0 SFC 🔴🔴

📺 Pon GOL para disfrutar de la segunda mitad

#⃣ #FutFemEnGol pic.twitter.com/FFaZ0orXOj

— GOL PLAY (@Gol) April 4, 2021

 

What a good game by Kunoichi today, it seems this year they have a good scorer (Nishikawa has already 5 goals in 2 games, I'm crossing fingers). I liked Mitsuhashi as well, she participate in the first 2 goals (both quite similar) and scored another. And Sugita's goal was delightful, the accuracy was almost perfect. 2 games, 9 goals scored, none received, I hope the rythm stays the same all the season.