Toulon tournament 2008.

Discussion in 'Japan' started by seolseol, May 17, 2008.

  1. Yojimbo

    Yojimbo Member

    Mar 8, 2007
    Norf London
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Not including overage players, yes.
     
  2. realsoccer-redded

    Mar 14, 2008
    tokyo
    Morimoto is far better.
     
  3. Yojimbo

    Yojimbo Member

    Mar 8, 2007
    Norf London
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I rate Morimoto, but what has he actually done for the Olympic team so far?
     
  4. realsoccer-redded

    Mar 14, 2008
    tokyo
    Sorimachi always wanted to call up him.
    But Morimoto plays in Italy and he is also injury prone.
    That's why he had never played for the Olympic team.
    Let's see what he can do against France and Chile.
     
  5. seolseol

    seolseol Member+

    Apr 26, 2003
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Group B results.

    Turkey-Usa 3-2

    Italy-Ivory Coast 2-0
     
  6. Kashiwagi

    Kashiwagi Member

    Feb 24, 2008
    Paris
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    In my opinion, yes. I think he is a very interesting striker for the future of the japanese national team.
    And, what a match by Morishige Masato :eek:.
     
  7. realsoccer-redded

    Mar 14, 2008
    tokyo
    There is NO good strikers who shined in the qualifying round.
    Lee was the top scorer with 2 goals (against Vietnam), though. lol

    The team is decent at defense. But their offense is tootheless.
    I only hope for newcomers (Morimoto, Escudero and of course Okubo).

    By the way, Mizuno was horrible.
    He needs playing time at club.
    Just go back to Chiba.
     
  8. Yojimbo

    Yojimbo Member

    Mar 8, 2007
    Norf London
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I know! I knew he was good but he was an absolute rock in defense in the Holland match, I think he was a defensive midfielder but got converted to centre-back.
     
  9. Yojimbo

    Yojimbo Member

    Mar 8, 2007
    Norf London
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Huh? wasn't Hirayama top scorer in qualifying?
     
  10. rougou

    rougou Member+

    Dec 7, 2003
    Hyogo
    Club:
    AS Roma
    I think he means the final qualifiers, in which Hirayama barely played and Japan rarely scored.
    Hirayama scored 5 goals against the minnows in the previous round.
     
  11. aiueo-redded

    aiueo-redded Red Card

    Feb 3, 2006
    Japan
    Today's line-up

    http://www.festival-foot-espoirs.co...atch-festival-foot.php?menu=festival&match=05

    GK - Shusaku Nishikawa (Oita)
    DF - Hokuto Nakamura (Fukuoka)
    DF - Naoaki Aoyama (Shimizu)
    DF - Maya Yoshida (Nagoya)
    DF - Masahiko Inoha (Kashima)
    MF - Toshihiro Aoyama (Hiroshima)
    MF - Takuya Honda (Shimizu)
    MF - Kota Ueda (Iwata)
    MF - Tsukasa Umesaki (Urawa)
    FW - Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu)
    FW - Takayuki Morimoto (Catania)
     
  12. seolseol

    seolseol Member+

    Apr 26, 2003
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Interesting. No one of these players started against Netherlands. Only Nishikawa sorry.
     
  13. Kigai

    Kigai Member

    Jul 18, 2006
    Tokyo, Japan
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    I hope Morimoto has a good showing.
     
  14. larc-en

    larc-en Member

    Mar 8, 2008
    Club:
    Kashima Antlers
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    yeah, problyt because the matches are so close to each other..f rance have changed many players too
     
  15. larc-en

    larc-en Member

    Mar 8, 2008
    Club:
    Kashima Antlers
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    japan scored 1-0! header by umesaki
     
  16. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Greetings! :)

    Question: where is Sergio Escudero's family from?

    Metro
     
  17. whiteboy

    whiteboy New Member

    Apr 16, 2006
    He's from Argentina and was born in Spain. I assume his family is from one of the two...
     
  18. seolseol

    seolseol Member+

    Apr 26, 2003
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Japan-France 2-1

    Tough game today also. This is looking pretty good. Although Morimoto scored he wasn't impressive. I think Taniguchi and Tadanari played better in their game.

    And Okazakis injury didn't look to good.

    Todays best player was the keeper Nishikawa.
     
  19. Enclosure

    Enclosure Member

    Dec 19, 2004
    Yeah that goalie is such a hero. He made some key saves and decisions to force France to stall.

    To be fair to France they had a several moments which you would say was "unlucky" in the footballing world. This could've been 3-2 to France, depending on how you look at it.

    But then again, as the cliche goes when you get a chance you have to put it away to win. Japan did exactly that while France didn't. It's a pleasant (?) surprise though, I thought we were the best at fizzling out when best chances come ;)

    A bit of a gritty match up especially in the 2nd half, but on the whole I was happy to see that this Japan side could at least force a win by making the most of given chances. Successful footballing sides, be it a club or nation, have to be good in that department, and previously we tend to be bad at it.
     
  20. shuvy87

    shuvy87 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Oct 17, 2003
    USA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    I think U23 squad has been playing well in friendlies. Of top of my head, I cannot recall the last game, this team has lost to.
     
  21. Ishikawa18

    Ishikawa18 New Member

    Oct 1, 2005
    Germany
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Hokuto played well today ...
    it was good that Sorimachi took Umesaki from the field, he seemed really aggressive (in the bad way) later and was close to red.
    His kick against the french should send him off earlier
     
  22. Enclosure

    Enclosure Member

    Dec 19, 2004
    Getting the results, yes. I think that has been the strength of this squad. For me the gritty play to force a win is a far cry from the typical mind game Japan had shown previously, in general terms. So much so that the whole mentality of the nation was questioned at one point. Yanagisawa's failure to finish an easy tap in was a primal example in the last WC.

    It's good to see this squad doing well. Obviously they have a lot to learn, but it's a good start. (I'm talking abut mindset more than anything else)
     
  23. hallelujah_united

    Oct 21, 2006
    Club:
    Urawa RD
    They did lose to Qatar away not too long ago actually. And we were all wondering if anybody in the team had any balls.

    This is definitely a very positive change for the team. Hopefully they'll keep this kind of attitude towards games when they eventually move into the full NT.
     
  24. aiueo-redded

    aiueo-redded Red Card

    Feb 3, 2006
    Japan
  25. aiueo-redded

    aiueo-redded Red Card

    Feb 3, 2006
    Japan
    Today's line-up against U-23 Chile
    http://www.festival-foot-espoirs.co...atch-festival-foot.php?menu=festival&match=09

    GK - Kaito Yamamoto (Shimizu)
    DF - Masato Morishige (Oita)
    DF - Naoaki Aoyama (Shimizu)
    DF - Hiroki Mizumoto (G. Osaka)
    DF - Yusuke Tanaka (Yokohama FM)
    MF - Koki Mizuno (Celtic)
    MF - Hajime Hosogai (Urawa)
    MF - Keisuke Honda (VVV Venlo)
    MF - Kota Ueda (Iwata)
    FW - Tadanari Lee (Kashiwa)
    FW - Sergio Escudero (Urawa)
     

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