1. It was pretty dangerous as as she had just landed after a header 2. It was beginning of counter-attack 3. Not even warning had been issued
Melbourne City's game-plan looks very mono-dimensional, with some deep passes from time to time to exploit their FWs' runs. Route one football is there ever was one, and quite boring at that. Meanwhile Miharu Shinjo almost scored another!
Mmm, and just after I write that they score (from a CK action). I had predicted a 3-1 win for Beleza and now my prediction looks realistic again. Let's hope the game doesn't go awry, though.
Melbourne City 1-2 Tokyo Verdy Beleza, HT. Ok, I now have to go out to work: I hope the 2nd Half will go well. See you later, guys, I hope to comment a positive score by Beleza.
The result of my game (2) Lohmann 145 1 0:2 2 Shiokoshi 100 3 Shiokoshi 20, Hiwatari, Shinjo 20 4 Nobody 5 Nobody 5 une 55 1 Melbourne 0-3 Beleza 50 2 Kitamura 3 Kitamura, Kobayashi, Shikida 4 nobody 5 nobody 5 bliss 145 1. Melbourne City 1-3 Beleza 100 2. Moka Hiwatari 3. Moka Hiwatari, Yuzuho Shiokoshi 20, Miharu Shinjo 20 4. nobody 5. nobody 5 Quango 25 1 Melbourne 0-1 Beleza 2 Hiwatari 3 Hiwatari, Shiokoshi 20, Iwashimizu 4 nobody 5 nobody 5 lukephan 45 1. 0:4 2. Shinjo 3. Shinjo 20, Shiokoshi 20, Kitamura 4. Shinjo 5. nobody 5 Miora 75 1 Melbourne 1 - Beleza 2 after extra time 50 2 Hiwatari 3 Hiwatari, Shiokoshi 20, Kitamura 4 nobody 5 nobody 5
Current ranking of my game (2) 1 bliss 1065 2 Lohmann 1055 3 Miora 990 4 une 835 5 Quango 560 6 Elstree 80 7 lukephan 45
Outside having a shot at a continental title, Beleza accumulated about $800,000 of prize money by reaching the final, and the total amount can reach above the million if they win. It's a lot more than what the WE League champion get. There's also the possibility to qualify for the Club's World Championship and Club's World Cup that probably have some decent prize money too. For a Japanese club, that's a lot of additional revenue.
My prediction and @Lohmann's were very similar, with just some little difference in detail (including the 1-3 final result that I am proud to have nailed ). We anyway made the same total points today. ...and this keeps us eearly close to each other at the top! Any little detail can make the difference indeed.
Cumulative rankings' update after this AFC Champions' League match : 1 Unepommekun 3360 2 Lohmann 3070 3 Blissett 2755 4 Miora 2495 5 Elstree 1575 6 Lukephan 1410 7 Quango 1090 8 Frideswide 100
This is nothing to sneeze at indeed. They should invest it in development, maybe even in foreign signings to furtherly raise the level of the WE League.
I went back rewatching the second Yuzuho Shiokoshi's goal that I had missed, from the rebound of a shot by 18 yo Tamami Aso (another young product of Menina factory?). How the rest of the 2nd Half that I have missed was? Was Beleza more or less always in control? For sure, I noticed that it didn't stop raining!
Well, we've beaten the North Koreans by 4-0 at group stage, so I hope the result in the final won't be much different! Edit: I noticed Suwon's only goal was by Japanese Haruhi Suzuki. It's a shame that we won't meet her in the final!
Yes, she is regulaly selected for Little and Young Nadeshiko. Her left foot kicks are accurate and an important weapon on FKs or feeds from back lines.