Colombia couldn't afford to suffer a comeback. Poland couldn't suffer to go home w/o a win. Senegal couldn't afford to stand there w/o action. And it went well, somehow. Still, this isn't the Japan I like.
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- Kawashima made a good save;
- Despite a terrible marking on Bednarek's goal, H. Sakai looked really well;
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- Makino can't play for NT, ever.
- Keeping BOTH Honda and Kagawa on the bench is a huge move, but at this point... why JFA sacked Halilhodzic?
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Rates: Kawashima 6.5 H. Sakai 6.5 Yoshida 6.0 Makino 5.0 Nagatomo 5.5 G. Sakai 6.0 Yamaguchi 5.5 Shibasaki 6.0 Usami 6.0 Okazaki 6.5 (MVP) Muto 6.0 Osako 5.0 Inui 5.5 Hasebe sv
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With today's game, Eiji Kawashima, Shinji Okazaki and Makoto Hasebe are - along Hidetoshi Nakata - the Japanese players with most caps at the WC (10). They can surpass him in the R16-game. Keisuke Honda stuck at 9.
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Also Shinji
#Okazaki reached the tally of 116 caps with JNT, alongside Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi. Now? Now probably a terrible mismatch in the Round of 16. I'd prefer England, honestly: they have a few gaps we can take advantage of.1 antwoord 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuksDeze collectie tonen -
Last note on Fair Play Points: first time I've ever witnessing this situation happening, but not the first time with the possibility of happening. The first time I've experienced this criteria was at 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_Group_C#Ethiopia_vs._Nigeria …
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Nigeria v Ethiopia and Burkina Faso v Zambia the matches. Zambia and Nigeria shared same GD, goals scored, they drew and they had equal Fair Play Points at HT! Then, a PK-brace by
#Moses let Nigeria to quarter-finals.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvnnUiZRAK8 …2 antwoorden 0 retweets 1 vind-ik-leukDeze collectie tonen -
Fair Play Points in 2014 weren't considered. These were the tie-breaker criteria: Number of points GD GS Points obtained in matches between tied teams GD in matches between tied teams Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams Drawing of lots
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Everyone was already thinking about Fair Play Points due to
#ENGBEL clash of tonight.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/england-world-cup-2018-fair-play-table-points-standings-fifa-yellow-red-cards-table-group-belgium-a8414441.html …1 antwoord 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuksDeze collectie tonen
Also... #Japan are the first Asian team to reach Round of 16 for 3 times. A silver lining in this messed-up playbook.
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Gabriele Anello heeft geretweet Scott McIntyre
More drama by
@mcintinhos, who gathered an interesting news:#Nishino already visualized#Japan to R16. That's why he rotated so many players. I don't even know where to start. Is it just stupid or even pretentious?https://twitter.com/mcintinhos/status/1012390225685950464 …Gabriele Anello heeft toegevoegd,
Scott McIntyreGeverifieerd account @mcintinhosSpoke to Keisuke Honda after the match and he told me that Nishino had made the decision to rotate six players tonight with a view to keeping them fresh for Japan's Round of 16 clash. Another big call, another right call and another justification to change coaches so late on.1 antwoord 1 retweet 2 vind-ik-leuksDeze collectie tonen -
Last note about yesterday: in Japan they had impersonators of
#Makino,#Usami and#Osako to watch the last game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFHrMFO0PpU …0 antwoorden 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuksDeze collectie tonen
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