Hi Everyone,
Just checking in to let you know that I will be able to resume my regular blog activities starting next week.
Right now, here is the update on the National Team:
The Kirin Cup is starting, with tonight's game against Bulgaria (at Osaka's Nagai stadium) and then the game against Scotland.
The 23-man squad was announced for these two games:
GK
Yoishi Doi, FC Tokyo
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Jubilo Iwata
Seigo Narazaki, Nagoya Grampus
DF
Makoto Tanaka, Jubilo Iwata
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Gamba Osaka
Alessandro Santos, Urawa Reds
Yuji Nakazawa, Yokohama F Marinos
Keisuke Tsuboi, Urawa Reds
Shinji Murai, Jubilo Iwata
Akira Kaji, Gamba Osaka
Yuuichi Komano, Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Teruyuki Moniwa, FC Tokyo
MF
Takashi Fukunishi, Jubilo Iwata
Mitsuo Ogasawara, Kashima Antlers
Masashi Motoyama, Kashima Antlers
Shinji Ono, Urawa Reds
Yasuhito Endo, Gamba Osaka
Yuki Abe, Jef United Chiba
Makoto Hasebe, Urawa Reds
FW
Tatsuhiko Kubo, Yokohama F Marinos
Keiji Tamada, Nagoya Grampus
Seiichiro Maki, Jef United Chiba
Hisato Sato, Sanfrecce Hiroshima
The Bulgaria game tonight will see the following starting members:
---- Kubo - Tamada
-- Murai - Endo - Kaji
---- Fukunishi - Abe
Nakazawa - Miyamoto - Tanaka
------- Kawaguchi
As you might notice, the Kashima Antlers and Urawa Reds players are missing from the starting lineup. This is because they had a game on Sunday (against each other, in which Urawa Reds annihilated Kashima Antlers 4-0) and thus are not fitness-ready for a game two days later. They may substitute in according to the needs of the game.
With the Antlers and Reds players missing, Zico has chosen Endo to move up to playmaking duties -- a first for Endo on the NT.
Bulgaria boasts a team with a great height advantage, and in defense and offense the test for Japan is whether they can and will adjust their tactics and style if Bulgaria comes on strong in the air.
The Japan squad is a full domestic squad, and since everyone has just played three games in the past week for the league already, this week's two games will be a test of their fitness and ability to plow through their fatigue on top of the usual expectations of passing, finishing, and defensive organization.
The World Cup squad will be announced on May 15th. The WC squad is expected to be picked from the pool of the above 23-man domestic players list + 7 players in Europe (H.Nakata, K.Nakata, Nakamura, Takahara, Matsui, Inamoto, Oguro).
Just checking in to let you know that I will be able to resume my regular blog activities starting next week.
Right now, here is the update on the National Team:
The Kirin Cup is starting, with tonight's game against Bulgaria (at Osaka's Nagai stadium) and then the game against Scotland.
The 23-man squad was announced for these two games:
GK
Yoishi Doi, FC Tokyo
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Jubilo Iwata
Seigo Narazaki, Nagoya Grampus
DF
Makoto Tanaka, Jubilo Iwata
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Gamba Osaka
Alessandro Santos, Urawa Reds
Yuji Nakazawa, Yokohama F Marinos
Keisuke Tsuboi, Urawa Reds
Shinji Murai, Jubilo Iwata
Akira Kaji, Gamba Osaka
Yuuichi Komano, Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Teruyuki Moniwa, FC Tokyo
MF
Takashi Fukunishi, Jubilo Iwata
Mitsuo Ogasawara, Kashima Antlers
Masashi Motoyama, Kashima Antlers
Shinji Ono, Urawa Reds
Yasuhito Endo, Gamba Osaka
Yuki Abe, Jef United Chiba
Makoto Hasebe, Urawa Reds
FW
Tatsuhiko Kubo, Yokohama F Marinos
Keiji Tamada, Nagoya Grampus
Seiichiro Maki, Jef United Chiba
Hisato Sato, Sanfrecce Hiroshima
The Bulgaria game tonight will see the following starting members:
---- Kubo - Tamada
-- Murai - Endo - Kaji
---- Fukunishi - Abe
Nakazawa - Miyamoto - Tanaka
------- Kawaguchi
As you might notice, the Kashima Antlers and Urawa Reds players are missing from the starting lineup. This is because they had a game on Sunday (against each other, in which Urawa Reds annihilated Kashima Antlers 4-0) and thus are not fitness-ready for a game two days later. They may substitute in according to the needs of the game.With the Antlers and Reds players missing, Zico has chosen Endo to move up to playmaking duties -- a first for Endo on the NT.
Bulgaria boasts a team with a great height advantage, and in defense and offense the test for Japan is whether they can and will adjust their tactics and style if Bulgaria comes on strong in the air.
The Japan squad is a full domestic squad, and since everyone has just played three games in the past week for the league already, this week's two games will be a test of their fitness and ability to plow through their fatigue on top of the usual expectations of passing, finishing, and defensive organization.
The World Cup squad will be announced on May 15th. The WC squad is expected to be picked from the pool of the above 23-man domestic players list + 7 players in Europe (H.Nakata, K.Nakata, Nakamura, Takahara, Matsui, Inamoto, Oguro).
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Hello Rie! It's good to have you back! How was your travel? Wich country have you been to? Did you snapped some photos?
Bad news from the Kirin Cup:
Japan lost in the dying minutes of the game... I didn't see the match... What happened?
Bad news from the Kirin Cup:
Japan lost in the dying minutes of the game... I didn't see the match... What happened?
Any idea on which channel I can watch the game live on Saturday while visiting Japan?
2006/05/12(金) 07:49:25 | URL | Scot Visiting Japan #-[ Edit]
In Japan, you can watch it on Nihon Terebi (Nippon TV), which is channel 4 in the Tokyo/Yokohama area. If you are in a different city or region, you should ask someone (hotel clerk) what channel is Nihon tv. It will be on Saturday night at 7 pm.
2006/05/12(金) 07:58:06 | URL | francefan #-[ Edit]
depflightさんご無事で何より。ご旅行っていっても仕事がらみでしたっけ？いかがでした？
JリーグはGW中に駆け込みの過密日程で連日大入満員でしたが選手達がかわいそうでした。それでも千葉×浦和の好ゲーム、浦和×鹿島での小野の復活ストーリーなど色々あったようです。
ちなみに海外組、レッドスターの「鈴木タカユキ」が抜けてますよ…。微妙だけど、ジーコは彼の力量をかっているので当選もありえると思います。何より健康体ですしね。
JリーグはGW中に駆け込みの過密日程で連日大入満員でしたが選手達がかわいそうでした。それでも千葉×浦和の好ゲーム、浦和×鹿島での小野の復活ストーリーなど色々あったようです。
ちなみに海外組、レッドスターの「鈴木タカユキ」が抜けてますよ…。微妙だけど、ジーコは彼の力量をかっているので当選もありえると思います。何より健康体ですしね。
2006/05/13(土) 21:35:07 | URL | suika #-[ Edit]
NAME;BIOKOU ADENIRAN OBEY
DATE OF BIRTH;2nd NOVEMBER,1980
NATIONALTY;REPUBLIC OF BENIN A
HEIGHT;170cm
WEIGHT;64kg
POSSITION;MIDFIELD AND ATTACK
PREVIOUS CLUBS;HOUSING LION FC[ngr],DRAGON DE LOME
FC[REPUBLIC OF BENIN],GATEWAY FC[NGR].
LAST CLUB;SG OBERKLLY GONNERSDORF FC[GERMANY]
PASSPORT INFORMATION;REPUBLIC OF BENIN
PASSPORT[B0026382]
COUNTRY OF BIRTH;REPUBLIC OF BENIN
HONOURS;PROMOTION FROM KREIS LIGA TO BETIES LIGA IN
2000,PROMOTION FROM BETIES LIGA TO LANDIES LIGA IN
2001.
ETHNIC BACK GROUND;BLACK AFRICA.
DEAR SIR/BEN JOWETT,
I DID SOME RESARCH ON THE INTERNET ABOUT YOUR FOOTBALL CLUB AND I REALLY WANT TO BECOME ONE OF YOUR PLAYERS BUT BEFORE I GO FUTHER I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO KNOW ME.MY NAME IS OBEY BIOKOU,I AM A CITIZEN OF THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN,BUT I AM CURENTLY RESIDING IN COTONOU,MY MOTHER IS A NIGERIAN THATS WHY I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY IN NIGERIA AND I ALSO SCHOOLED IN NIGERIA AND I HAVE USED ALMOST ALL MY TIME IN EUROPE OF WICH I SPEACK DUTCH, LET ME NOW TELL U MORE ABOUT MY FOOTBALL CAREER.I HAVE ONCE PLAYED IN THE AMATEUR ONE IN THE NIGERIAN LEAGUE,THEN I LATER TRAVELLED TO GERMANY WERE I PLAYED FOR A CLUB NAMED SG OBERKYLL/ GONNERSDORF.I AM A UTILITY PLAYER THAT IS GOOD AT ANY WING ON THE FIELD I AM A GOOD MIDFIELDER,A GO GETTER ,A STRIKER AND I SCORED ALOT OF GOALS IN MY CLUBS IN GERMANY WHICH WAS CARRIED BY THE NEWSPAPER AND THE MEDIA I VE ALL THIS ON RECORD IN CASE IF YOU SHOULD NEED THEM THIS A TEAM PICTURE OF MY FORMAL CLUB.
I WILL BE VERY GREATFULL IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME CAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO END MY FOOTBALL CAREER AT THIS STAGE OF MY LIFE CAUSE AM STILL VERY YOUNG.
I WILL BE EXPECTING YOUR REPLY SOONEST.
SINCERLY
ADENIRAN OBEY BIOKU.
DATE OF BIRTH;2nd NOVEMBER,1980
NATIONALTY;REPUBLIC OF BENIN A
HEIGHT;170cm
WEIGHT;64kg
POSSITION;MIDFIELD AND ATTACK
PREVIOUS CLUBS;HOUSING LION FC[ngr],DRAGON DE LOME
FC[REPUBLIC OF BENIN],GATEWAY FC[NGR].
LAST CLUB;SG OBERKLLY GONNERSDORF FC[GERMANY]
PASSPORT INFORMATION;REPUBLIC OF BENIN
PASSPORT[B0026382]
COUNTRY OF BIRTH;REPUBLIC OF BENIN
HONOURS;PROMOTION FROM KREIS LIGA TO BETIES LIGA IN
2000,PROMOTION FROM BETIES LIGA TO LANDIES LIGA IN
2001.
ETHNIC BACK GROUND;BLACK AFRICA.
DEAR SIR/BEN JOWETT,
I DID SOME RESARCH ON THE INTERNET ABOUT YOUR FOOTBALL CLUB AND I REALLY WANT TO BECOME ONE OF YOUR PLAYERS BUT BEFORE I GO FUTHER I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO KNOW ME.MY NAME IS OBEY BIOKOU,I AM A CITIZEN OF THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN,BUT I AM CURENTLY RESIDING IN COTONOU,MY MOTHER IS A NIGERIAN THATS WHY I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY IN NIGERIA AND I ALSO SCHOOLED IN NIGERIA AND I HAVE USED ALMOST ALL MY TIME IN EUROPE OF WICH I SPEACK DUTCH, LET ME NOW TELL U MORE ABOUT MY FOOTBALL CAREER.I HAVE ONCE PLAYED IN THE AMATEUR ONE IN THE NIGERIAN LEAGUE,THEN I LATER TRAVELLED TO GERMANY WERE I PLAYED FOR A CLUB NAMED SG OBERKYLL/ GONNERSDORF.I AM A UTILITY PLAYER THAT IS GOOD AT ANY WING ON THE FIELD I AM A GOOD MIDFIELDER,A GO GETTER ,A STRIKER AND I SCORED ALOT OF GOALS IN MY CLUBS IN GERMANY WHICH WAS CARRIED BY THE NEWSPAPER AND THE MEDIA I VE ALL THIS ON RECORD IN CASE IF YOU SHOULD NEED THEM THIS A TEAM PICTURE OF MY FORMAL CLUB.
I WILL BE VERY GREATFULL IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME CAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO END MY FOOTBALL CAREER AT THIS STAGE OF MY LIFE CAUSE AM STILL VERY YOUNG.
I WILL BE EXPECTING YOUR REPLY SOONEST.
SINCERLY
ADENIRAN OBEY BIOKU.
2006/05/15(月) 04:14:52 | URL | ADENIRAN OBEY BIOKOU #EBUSheBA[ Edit]
MAKI ie finally chosen from zico!!
I MUST BE DREAMING!！！！
i don't know how to express the feeling of other players who havn't chosen.
I MUST BE DREAMING!！！！
i don't know how to express the feeling of other players who havn't chosen.
2006/05/15(月) 23:43:01 | URL | スイカ #-[ Edit]
Hi Otto, Suika,
Thanks for posting comments. Everything is moving so fast, sorry I was not able to reply to your posts sooner.
Otto, I will briefly address last week's Kirin Cup games in my upcoming posts. Needless to the say the results for both games was less than exciting, and needless to say frustrating, but it is only a piece of the puzzle, and it is difficult for me to truly analyze the team's performance in the context of the World Cup just looking at their Kirin Cup performances.
Suika, hi! Thanks for the welcome back. I am also very excited about Maki's selection. He has been winning me over over the past year, and it is clear that the squad needs someone like him in the front lines.
will post again in a couple days, so I look forward to hearing from you again!
Thanks for posting comments. Everything is moving so fast, sorry I was not able to reply to your posts sooner.
Otto, I will briefly address last week's Kirin Cup games in my upcoming posts. Needless to the say the results for both games was less than exciting, and needless to say frustrating, but it is only a piece of the puzzle, and it is difficult for me to truly analyze the team's performance in the context of the World Cup just looking at their Kirin Cup performances.
Suika, hi! Thanks for the welcome back. I am also very excited about Maki's selection. He has been winning me over over the past year, and it is clear that the squad needs someone like him in the front lines.
will post again in a couple days, so I look forward to hearing from you again!
2006/05/16(火) 00:29:10 | URL | depflight #-[ Edit]
Dear ADENIRAN,
I'm sorry I think you may have confused my blog with an official Japan football J-league club.
This is just a place where we talk about Japanese football, so I am unable to help with your football career. If you are interested in playing in the J-league, you will have to visit the specific J league club website and contact them through the site email. Good luck with your endeavours!
I'm sorry I think you may have confused my blog with an official Japan football J-league club.
This is just a place where we talk about Japanese football, so I am unable to help with your football career. If you are interested in playing in the J-league, you will have to visit the specific J league club website and contact them through the site email. Good luck with your endeavours!
2006/05/16(火) 00:33:19 | URL | depflight #-[ Edit]
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