1. Hamano is delivering nice crosses, but I need her on the other end of them! 2. Should've put Vietnamese goalie in my prediction sheet. 3. THAT ball by Yui. 4. Poor Hikaru being slammed to the ground in both ends of the pitch within 60 seconds.
Well, actually somehow yes, I was, at least at HT, considering that Vietnam have to keep the score low at all costs and Japan don't have a particular motivition to win big. Of course, as I've just seen in highlights, some exceptional saves by Viet GK were needed to keep it to 1-0 and they could easily take one or two other goals in the 2nd Half, but there is a reason if I had predicted "just" a 3-0 score. I anyway see that our possession was 83% and that Vietnam hadn't shots on goal, so we are being content of keeping everything in control.
And Hikaru Kitagawa is replaced by Toko Koga and HT. Other subs include Mina Tanaka and Hinata Miyazawa for Yui Hasegawa and Riko Ueki. Yes, you're right. I hadn't seen it live and it wasn't showed in highlights.
At least a pair of us here were screaming: "Yes, pass it to Maika Hamano!". Very good goal for some of us predictors.
Now we would have drawing of lots between Philippines and Vietnam (because Vietnam haven't received their deserved yellow card yet).
Everytime the "Rectangular Stadium" is mentioned, that name cracks me up! I mean, what other shape a football pitch should be supposed to be?
No more goals for Maika Hamano: she's been replaced by Kiko Seike just before Aoba Fujino's goal. (along with Yuzuki Yamamoto replacing Saki Kumagai). And Kiko Seike scores.
I was just wondering if it was better for me if the score stayed at 3-0 or if Momoko Tanikawa would score. Now Kiko Seike's goal stopped my pondering: I need Momoko to score!
Now, that the score is 4-0, though, a goal by Momoko Tanikawa could potentially give you 100 points, should the 5-0 score stay (hadn' t you her as a scorer too, by the way? ).
I've changed my mind. There is absolutely no need to harass these poor Vietnamese girls any more. 4:0 is absolutely enough.