Japan 2 - 0 North Korea!!!!!!
Japan is the first country in the world (aside from host Germany) to qualify for the World Cup 2006.
Right now, all I can say is "Thank You" to everyone who watched, rooted, or sent their good vibes over to Bangkok. And thank you to the 150 or so Japan supporters who got on a plane and flew to Bangkok for this game that they were not allowed to watch -- they weren't even allowed to be within about 100 meters from the NT players as they got out of the bus. BUT, they gave up the chance to watch the game live at the various public viewing setups at hotels, and instead stood outside the perimeter of the Stadium outer gates and beat their drum and sang for the full 90 minutes not knowing what was going on inside. AND YOU COULD HEAR THEM!! Yes, indeedy. You could clearly hear their chanting and drums wafting over from off in the distance like some echo vibrating over from the over 40,000,000 people predicted to have watched this game. But these guys really made a huge difference.
And it didn't rain.....AT ALL!!
I will come back with details about this game and this day in an entry tomorrow. (Plus I'd also like to address the Juventus/FCTokyo game that was played Tuesday night...)
Now, I can finally relax....a little.
The NT will next have to fly to Germany for the Confederations Cup which starts on June 15th. They will be playing in the same group as Brazil, Mexico, and Greece.
Japan is the first country in the world (aside from host Germany) to qualify for the World Cup 2006.
Right now, all I can say is "Thank You" to everyone who watched, rooted, or sent their good vibes over to Bangkok. And thank you to the 150 or so Japan supporters who got on a plane and flew to Bangkok for this game that they were not allowed to watch -- they weren't even allowed to be within about 100 meters from the NT players as they got out of the bus. BUT, they gave up the chance to watch the game live at the various public viewing setups at hotels, and instead stood outside the perimeter of the Stadium outer gates and beat their drum and sang for the full 90 minutes not knowing what was going on inside. AND YOU COULD HEAR THEM!! Yes, indeedy. You could clearly hear their chanting and drums wafting over from off in the distance like some echo vibrating over from the over 40,000,000 people predicted to have watched this game. But these guys really made a huge difference.
And it didn't rain.....AT ALL!!
I will come back with details about this game and this day in an entry tomorrow. (Plus I'd also like to address the Juventus/FCTokyo game that was played Tuesday night...)
Now, I can finally relax....a little.
The NT will next have to fly to Germany for the Confederations Cup which starts on June 15th. They will be playing in the same group as Brazil, Mexico, and Greece.
| HOME |
