Official 2022 Nadeshiko Japan Thread [R] - なでしこジャパン（英語スレッド）

Thanks for this.

Like I said before, he was overthinking his interactions with the players too much. People handle stress and criticism differently, but seeing a player break down and cry in front of you would be a little surprising and disconcerting.

But the fact that he was surprised by the player's response the next day was surprising to me. She probably just needed to talk it out with some of her team mates and then she was fine. It is not rocket science. I wish I knew who the player was.

The stuff about injuries and menstrual cycles is on point. Would not it be great to know about all the players that are injured? Also menstrual cycles do have an effect on players performance. Recently the former world number 1 golfer Lydia Ko said in an interview that she was on her period and her back was tight because of it. I only raise this because it is rarely mentioned, yet it is very common.

As women's sport becomes more professional I hope that players will be more honest about the effects of their menstrual cycle. Also I hope that there is more research into hormone fluctuations and the way it affects injuries.

He also makes a good point about the high turnover of staff, whichi is happening not just at Nojima, but at most of the clubs. This is a much more common problem at the smaller clubs like Niigata, Nojima, Nagano and Elfen. It is connected to money or the lack thereof to pay people well, so they move on and take all the experience they have accumulated.

Unsurprisingly Nojima played their best football after six years of having the same manager at the helm. He has returned, so maybe things will turn around.

 

Wait, there is more....
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ce6BGGjgFNf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Kanazawa is nice. We visited the Samurai part of town and enjoyed the beautiful gardens...

 

Today's result:

Nadeshiko League
Nagoya 0-0 Setagaya
Nittaidai (Watanabe Urara, Tomioka) 2-1 Cerezo (Takawa)
Speranza (Mochida, Minamiyama) 2-1 Bunnys (Koizumi)

Nadeshiko League 2
Belle (Nakamura Hikaru, Machida, Nakamura Arisa (?)) 3-3 Tsukuba (Fujii, Okidoi, Ishii)
JFA 0-0 Shizuoka

 

Speranza move off the bottom...The smile on the face of Speranza's goalkeeper at the end was priceless

 

Tomorrow's games:

Nadeshiko League
Harima vs Ehime 13:00
Ange Violet vs Orca 13:00
Nippatsu vs Iga 15:00

Nadeshiko League 2
NORD vs Mie 11:00
DR Hiroshima vs Kibi 13:00
Yamato vs Anclas 15:00

 

Harima v Ehime....20 mins to KO....at last.... Ehime coach has changed goalkeeper for Yoshimi Miki and given her the captain's armband for this game according to Nadeshiko League web site

 

H.T...Harima 2 Ehime 1

20 min... Harima 1 Ehime 0...Katsurama
23 min...Harima 1 Ehime 1...Yokoyama
37 min...Harima 2 Ehime 1...Katsurama

Ehime start with Fujisawa on the bench and skipper Matsumoto still out injured.Much improved performance from last week with one goal and three other attempts on target.
(I am happy that coach has started the so called second choice goalkeeper Miki.It's quite refreshing watching a goalkeeper who looks and acts like a goalkeeper and not a circus clown.Think she was a bit unlucky with second Harima goal that looked like it took a deflection)

 

F.T....Harima 2 Ehime 1

Wish I could say Ehime came close to equalising in the 2nd half...but they didn't.Fujisawa came on for the second half but didn't really get into the game and the normally aggressive Sakurai was quite tame today.

Unusual incident at 51 mins....Sonoko Chiba scored what looked like a perfectly good goal...ref awarded the goal but just before the game was due to kick off again she was called over to the third official...she then disallowed the goal and went back to the edge of the Ehime box and did a drop ball for Harima?...Unepomme could you have a listen to the commentary and perhaps tell me what went on.

The fall and fall of Ehime F.C. Ladies continues...

 

Today's result:

Nadeshiko League
Harima (Katsurama 2) 2-1 Ehime (Yokoyama)
Ange Violet (Hino) 1-2 Orca (Urashima, Matsuo)
Nippatsu 0-1 Iga (Mitsuhashi)

Nadeshiko League 2
NORD (Matsuyama) 1-0 Mie
DR Hiroshima 0-0 Kibi
Yamato (Hamamoto, Koujima) 2-0 Anclas

 

Well, I couldn't hope for a better weekend for Kunoichi than this one, althought last 20 minutes were critical for me today

 

And our (at least blisset's and mine) favorite left back celebrating her birthday....
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce-2rphPRUP/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

Japan will play home games against Nigeria on the 6th of October and New Zealand on the 9th.

なでしこジャパン（日本女子代表）国際親善試合の対戦相手が決定　対 ナイジェリア女子代表【10.6＠ノエビアスタジアム神戸】対 ニュージーランド女子代表【10.9＠長野Uスタジアム】 #jfa #daihyo #nadeshiko https://t.co/lxuCPL5u29

— JFAなでしこサッカー (@jfa_nadeshiko) June 20, 2022

 

Damallsvenskan - 15th round

Linkoping FC 7 - 0 Umea IK
(highlights)

Yuka Momiki played 88 min, scored 2 goals and assisted 2 other. She has good chance to end up in league best XI this week( for the 3rd time this season).
Saori Takarada played full 90.

AIK 0 - 6 Rosengard
(highlights)

Honoka Hayashi played full 90'. She was yellow carded in 31 min. Bad result for AIK but at least they are done with league top 2 this season.
I feel that Kristianstads, Hacken, Eskilstuna and Vittsjo are still beyond them but middle rank teams are within reach. To avoid relegation it's gonna be vital to get points from Kalmar, Umea and Brommapojkarna though.

1. Rosengard ---- 15m ---- 39p ----- 48-14
2. Linkoping ------ 15m ---- 34p ----- 39-13
3. Kristianstads - 15m ---- 33p ----- 32-12
---------------------------------------------------------
4. BK Hacken ---- 15m ---- 29p ----- 29-13
5. Eskillstuna ----- 15m ---- 29p ----- 20-13
(...)
11. Kalmar -------- 15m ---- 9p ----- 12-41
-------------- (relegation zone) -------------------
12. Umea IK ----- 15m ---- 7p ------ 13-39
13. Bromma. ---- 15m ---- 6p ------ 12-35
14. AIK ------------- 15m ---- 6p ------ 9-39

 

There were some very nice saves and goals in the highlights, but some of the defending from Orlando was terrible. The set pieces were diabolical. I fear there might be a few problems in that squad.

 

transfer info:

Kikuchi Maria (Inac - Nagano)
Nagae Ibuki (Inac - Nagano)

 

Inac gained good players from high school every year, but it failed to get the best one, Yanase.

 

Aioi Gakuin High School, known for producing many J league talents will start a girl's club next year. They have great facilities (5 fields with Natural turf etc), and are appointing former INAC coach and winner of the ASEAN most valuable coach award Yoshinori Kumada. I would really recommend translating and reading this article. The second half especially, goes into possible ways to prevent major injuries in female players, everything from the position of the pelvis to managing menstrual cycles. Injuries in women's football seems to be a hot topic this post season. ↓↓↓

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6f08468c1a9aeda05c7612218b0d48c9bceabcaf?page=1

In other news National Team camp started today Ikeda shared some comments. Very basic and ordinary comments, but if you'd like a read ↓

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f31646287812a9ec68cd31c611dcd7a8a481d31c

 

Regina pub: