Official New Zealand vs Japan PRE Match & PBP Thread (6/18) [R]

le all-whites are my "third" team at this tournament

 

The All Whites are my first team. That is, I hope they're the first team of many to fall to Japan.

 

Just heard from a certain poster with in depth knowledge of soccer tv broadcasting info, that this game will be shown at 6pm and not 7pm.

 

They have. They struggled mightily the last three games against Korea, Argentina and Paraguay. But they were without the Euro based players for Korea and Argentina (although Inamoto played vs Korea & Argentina and Nakata played vs Argentina) and the entire backline was replaced for the Paraguay match.

In short, I have no idea how they'll perform. Right now, our U-23 team may be better than our senior side.

 

do we really need to worry about this match?

 

Good rucku Japan.

Krush those Kiwis. The OFC just bothers for some reason.

 

Le most likely not

 

Why does the OFC bother you?

Crowdie.

 

All Whites Starting XI Named

All Whites coach Mick Waitt has named his team to play the first game of the Confederations Cup soccer tournament, starting Thursday morning in France.

The eleven to play Japan feature two New Zealand-based Kingz players, Michael Utting and Mark Burton.

Three America-based players have made the cut, Duncan Oughton, Ryan Nelsen and Simon Elliott.

Chris Zoricich is the captain.

The starting XI is:

Micheal Utting
Duncan Oughton
Chris Zoricich
Ryan Nelsen
Gerard Davis
Ivan Vicelich
Simon Elliott
Mark Burton
Vaughan Coveny
Chris Killen
Aaran Lines

Crowdie.

 

japan's lineup will be almost same as the paraguay game

narazaki (gk)
santos
tsuboi
yamada
miyamoto
h.nakata
inamoto
nakamura
endo
okubo
takahara

 

....2-0 japan....sorry new zealend...but beaitng australia was kinda a fluke....

 

I think this game will be of two contrasting styles. Japan are much smaller than the All Whites are so will play the ball quickly across the ground. The All Whites will be more physical and play more balls through the air. Speed vs Size - should be a good game.

The wonderful thing about soccer is that any team on their day can beat any other within reason. This is why there are so many different scores being posted for the first round games.

Crowdie.

 

Did you say size? Are the strikers big? I don't think Miyamoto would want that.

 

i think japan are the more skilled team, but new zealand can take advantage of there height and strength....so.....anyhting can happen..2-0 or 2-1.....for japan..maybe, maybe a tie....if new zealand dont waste any of there crosses or free kicks...

 

I don't think it will be as bad as the qualifiers for the '82 World Cup when the All Whites just physically overpowered a number of the Asian teams but the All Whites will certainly be bigger than their Japanese counterparts. If you have an advantage use it....

Crowdie.

 

japan's average weight and height
177.4cm
71.08kg

tallest seigo narazaki gk 185cm
shortest yoshito okubo 168cm
heaviest akita and kawaguchi 78kg
lightest matsui 58kg (i think i can carry him)

newzealand
181cm
78.3kg

tallest danny hay df 195cm
shortest Chris Bouckenooghe fw 160cm (is this correct?? hard to believe..)
heaviest hay and utting 88kg
lightest david mulligan 66kg

 

club teams

japan
japan 17
england 2
italy 2
germany 1

new zealand
new zealand 7
england 4
usa 4
australia 3
finland 2
poland 1
netherland 1
belgium 1

 

Starting Lineups from FIFA's sheet:

NZ:
12 UTTING Mike
2 OUGHTON Duncan
4 ZORICICH Chris (C)
7 VICELICH Ivan
8 LINES Aaran
9 BURTON Mark
11 KILLEN Chris
14 NELSEN Ryan
16 COVENY Vaughan
19 ELLIOTT Simon
20 DAVIS Gerard

Japan:
1 NARAZAKI Seigo
5 INAMOTO Junichi
7 NAKATA Hidetoshi (C)
9 OKUBO Yoshito
10 NAKAMURA Shunsuke
14 SANTOS Alessandro
17 MIYAMOTO Tsuneyasu
19 ENDO Yasuhito
20 TAKAHARA Naohiro
21 TSUBOI Keisuke
22 YAMADA Nobuhisa

 

EuroSport says Nakamura scores for Japan in the 12th minute

 

...and that Alex picked up a yellow in the 6th minute for Japan.

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/home/pages/V3/L2/S22/E5759/live_Lng2_Spo22_Evt5759_Mtc60378.shtml

 

we've been playing better so far. takahara almost made it 2-0 but narrowly missed it

 

a good return pass from nakamura to nakata but df cut it