Today's result: WE League Jef 0-1 Inac (Yoshida) Cerezo (Momono 2) 2-1 Ohmiya (Saito) Nojima (Kishikawa) 1-0 Albi Nagano 0-2 Urawa (Shimada, Sakurai) Nadeshiko League Orca 0-1 Nagoya (Kakuta) Harima (Masano, Kawasaki) 2-2 Iga (Masuda, Kamiya) Belle (Uchida) 1-2 Viama (Kakazu 2) Ehime (Kojima, Sakurai) 2-0 Nittaidai Nadeshiko League 2 Izumo (Yanase, Maruo) 2-0 Yamato Fujizakura (Gomi, Wakita) 2-0 DR Hiroshima Mie 0-2 Ichihara (Masuda 2) JFA (Noda, Kitajima, Ishii) 3-2 Nankatsu (Sato 2)
Apparently INAC are better with Riko Yoshida, while Saitama are significantly worse. Yuma Saito is good enough to score some goals, but apparently not good enough to lift Omiya high in the rankings. Wow, Natsuki Kishikawa: it was a lot I wasn't reading her name on a scoreboard! How old is she? Now, Albi are havng highs and lows, but this anyway looks like a mild-upset. Nagoya aren't champions yet because of Bunnys' win yesterday, isn't it? I have the first Albion's scorer as Kanako Shono... Both Asuka Kakazu's goals were PKs! It doesn't happen often in Nadeshiko League. I am quite worried: we didn't hear from @Manchester Nadeshiko after an Ehime's win
Everton has very unbalanced squad. Momiki and Kitagawa often find themselves in great positions... but to no avail as their teammates lack the skill (and often the vision) to even make a simple cross that switch sides. Everton players on the right side play only kick and run. Winger/striker Robinson pace is wasted because nobody on the right can play her a through ball. Hayashi instead of playing in the central position is constantly forced to double on the right and Momiki is pulled from the left to the middle pluging holes. Kitagawa from time to time is trying to join upfront but no one covers her position when she does that. Both Everton CB's look pretty much clueless on how to play from the back. EDIT: Perhaps second half subs will change the picture but atm it all looks very disjointed. Leicester seem bit more cohesive as a team but at the same time quality of their play is even worse.
I watched the first-half of this game and it was incredibly entertaining. It was very open with a lot of pressing and counter-pressing. Cerezo were dominating central midfield with Wakisaka and Takarada. They were able to move the ball very quickly and set Tago and Asayama up. The one place they did not dominate was on the wings. Ohmiya's Hamada and Oshima actually created some good opportunities and worried the Cerezo defence. Oshima is a very inconsistant player, so sometimes she seems incapable of passing the ball and then other days her touch is perfect. Today she was really good in the first-half but she got taken off at half-time. Anyway, I only saw the first-half but I imagine it probably opened up even more. Stella really deserved this one. I know I am biased, but they were much better than Niigata for long periods of play. They just could not pull the trigger in front of goal despite creating some good chances, which I thought would lead to them losing. Thankfully they got a goal. Stella have been pretty good since INAC and I thought they might have a chance against Niigata, but it had been over two seasons since they last beat them. Niigata looked pretty tepid today. I am not sure what is wrong with them, but I think they might need to bring in some younger players in. Having said that the 18 year-old Yokoyama had a good game for them. Nadeshiko actually have some defenders with tremendous potential between 16 and 20. There is Yokoyama, Mone Sato (Ohmiya), Uno Shiragaki (Cerezo) and Mitsuki Ota (INAC). Kitagawa made an assist. Momiki has looked good in midfield for Everton.
Sorry, Nagoya of course have won already: it's Nadeshiko League 2 that's still open! I don't know what I was thinking.
The result of my game: Lohmann 110pts 1.Mynavi 2.Beleza 3.Inac 4.Draw 5.Nojima 6.Urawa 7.Momoko Tanikawa unepommekun 80pts 1. draw 2. Regina 3. Inac 4. Cerezo 5. draw 6. Urawa 7. Matsukubo Manaka Miora 40pts 1 Mynavi 2 Regina 3 draw 4 draw 5 draw 6 Nagano 7 Matsukubo (NC Courage) bliss 40pts 1. Mynavi 2. Regina 3. INAC 4. draw 5. Albi 6. Urawa 7. Maika Hamano (Chelsea) pierre 85pts 1. draw 2. Regina 3. Inac 4. draw 5. Nojima 6. Urawa 7. Tanikawa (I somewhat reduced your points because your entry was a little too late. At that time Miyazawa and Hamano had already ended their game.)
Isn't this only an advantage if someone choose "nobody" as answer? In 2. Bundesliga Rana Okuma scored both goals for Potsdam in their 2:2 draw in Mainz and Rio Takizawa scored the 6:0 in Sand's 7:1 win over Warbeyen.
You might've hesitated to choose which one of Hamano, Miyazawa or Tanikawa before the Chelsea game. You were able to eliminate the possibility of those two from the beginning. Of course I know pierre wasn't aware that the game had been held so soon though.
Saki Kumagai played whole match for London against Liverpool of Risa Shimizu and Fuka Nagano (whole match as well).
Yuka Momiki played whole match, Honoka Hayashi 68 mins, Hikaru Kitagawa 54 mins for Everton at Leicester.
Shiga 2025 There's no adult ladies football like at Saga 2024 but there is the younger ladies competition. 3rd place match 11:00 local time Fukushima (Shoshi High School / JFA / Fukushima Prefectural Futaba Future Academy High School) vs Kagoshima Prefecture (Kamimura Gakuen Junior High School / Mozera Kagoshima FC / Houou High School) Final 13:30 local time Oita Prefecture (Yanagigaura High School) vs Hiroshima Prefecture (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Youth / AICJ High School / Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Junior Youth / Hiroshima Bunkyo University High School) Livestream....I hope. https://japangamestv.japan-sports.or.jp/kyougi/football/9673
Narumi Miura played since 72' for Washington vs SD. Unfortunately, Narumi's playing time has been steadily shrinking throughout the season...
Manaka Hayashi played since 78' for Chicago vs Utah of Mina Tanaka who played entire match and scored two goals. Both teams will miss NWSL play-offs. .