Day 13: Japan vs. Colombia

[Raoul]

lovely goal

 

[pseudo_canadian]

GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL

 

[Jacob]

Come on now, I prefer Japs to go through over the Greek snooze fest

 

[mancan92]

Thank god they scored I can't have Greece going through

 

[ctp]

Shinji goal! Go Japan!

 

[kiwired]

Thank god they scored I can't have Greece going through

as it stands they're still going through

 

[RedDevil-85]

Nice goal from Japan right before half time.
Hope they come out in the 2nd half ready to attack

 

[mancan92]

as it stands they're still going through

I know but if they had gone in 1 down it would have been very hard. But that goal has changed it.

 

[LetMeRollIt]

Japan playing much aggressively than the previous two games. Generally more courageous with more people getting involved in the attack, and passing to attackers trying to get behind the defense line. Good thing they were able to equalize in the first half while they took so many shots. Why couldn't they play like this before?

CB Konno had several nice intercepts, but overall might be a liability. He's up against attackers who are faster than he's usually playing against and gave up a penalty. His terrible pass to an opponent near the end of the first half is perhaps an indication that he's tired.

Colombian counterattack is really dangerous and they started eight new players.

Okubo looking really sharp with his short dribbles and shots and the overhead attempt. Kagawa had several nice moves, but he needs to be able to take stronger shots and somewhere away from the keeper, like the far upper corner.

Honda shouldn't hog the ball trying to make all the dangerous passes himself. Play it simple, move the ball around, and your mates might be able to make that pass.

Generally even more decisiveness and more mid-range shots, please.

 

[FromTheBench]

Rodriguez and Carbanero coming on for Colombia.

 

[ottosec]

So, if Japan scores another and Greece win, they go through?

 

[Randall Flagg]

So, if Japan scores another and Greece win, they go through?

Yes unless Greece hammer IC

 

[Arruda]

Bad game for Quintero, deservedly off. Even at Porto he performed poorly when starting and amazingly when off the bench. I wonder what's his problem with starting matches.

 

[Mystry]

So what's the story with Kiyotake? I saw him a couple of times for Nuremburg and liked what I saw. Surely he'd be better than Okubo who has been shite.

 

[Devil1]

That face plant by balanta was brilliant!

 

[ctp]

So what's the story with Kiyotake? I saw him a couple of times for Nuremburg and liked what I saw. Surely he'd be better than Okubo who has been shite.

Kiyotake isn't a striker. The weird thing is that they aren't playing Okazaki up front who is a striker and a pretty good one at that.

 

[Mystry]

Kiyotake isn't a striker. The weird thing is that they aren't playing Okazaki up front who is a striker and a pretty good one at that.

Oh I know. I'd stick Okazaki up front then Kiyotake in the three behind the striker.

 

[Amethyst]

Great ball in, deserved someone to get on the end of it.

 

[Amethyst]

2-1, Martinez gets his goal.

 

[Arruda]

James is brilliant. Such an experienced and confident footballer, and still only 22.

 

[Joemo]

James has changed this game.

 

[RedDevil-85]

Good goal.
Japan on their way out.

 

[BordeauxMUFC]

James is brilliant. Such an experienced and confident footballer, and still only 22.

He's being wasted at Monaco, he should be at a bigger club

 

[R.N7]

FFS come on Ivory Coast.

 

[Winrar]

GOOOOOOAL

 

[RooneyLegend]

James rodriguez is really fast maturing into a world class footballer. He needs to sign for a top team sooner rather than later.

 

[FromTheBench]

Martinez with a good goal.

 

[The_Red_Hope]

Rodriguez is so good. Should we be looking at him?

 

[Randall Flagg]

Colombia so motivated even though they are already through

Impressive

 

[RedDevil-85]

He's being wasted at Monaco, he should be at a bigger club

He could have gone to a bigger club,but he went for the green :P

 

[Mystry]

Rodriguez is so good. Should we be looking at him?

We were linked with him for a while. No idea how real the interest was though.

 

[Joemo]

1. Rodriguez is so good. Should we be looking at him?

   £37m fee and huge wages, there's no way he's leaving unless it's stupid money. Shame, as I think he'd be fantastic at United.
   

 

[DannyDash]

Would we prefer Rodriguez over Mata?

 

[Ronaldo's ego]

Tamaguchi on

 

[FromTheBench]

Thing with Rodriguez is though he isn't a Winger. More of a AM/Inside forward.

We need someone who can carry the ball over large distances and on the outside too more.

 

[Amethyst]

I was just wondering what Falcao must be thinking now, missing the World Cup and seeing his teammates win the group. Having said that, Zlatan's still tearing it up in his 30's so maybe he'll get another chance.

 

[CurryCantona]

That elbow can knock good people out.

 

[Tillo]

Sad as it sounds, the Japanese mentality might prevent them from complaining enough for things like elbows to the head to be sentenced.

 

[Mystry]

That elbow can knock good people out.

And what would it do to bad people?

 

[CurryCantona]

And what would it do to bad people?

Kill them imo.