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The story
On September 24, Japan’s national team faced Uruguay at Miyagi Stadium and won 3-1. In the first match of the “Third Moriyasu Era” following the coach’s contract renewal, there were positive takeaways: substitute Kuryu Matsuki scored on his debut, and Shiogai also netted a dramatic, spirited strike. After the match, coach Hajime Moriyasu reflected on the game. On 5ch, opinions were split — some praised how Ao Tanaka’s presence energized the team’s attack, while others debated how much weight to give a friendly win, and how strong Ayase Ueda’s new French club really is.
Japan takes on Uruguay
On September 24, Japan’s national team faced Uruguay at Miyagi Stadium and came away with a 3-1 win. In a post-match interview, coach Hajime Moriyasu looked back on the game.
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What people said
Yeah, having Ao Tanaka in there really gets the attack going and makes it easier to score.
He kept creating chances too,
and his defensive jumping and heading were solid too.
You could clearly tell the momentum shifted, right?
That said, we had more close calls too.
So, yeah, that's just how it goes lol
Even in a friendly they bring real intensity — made for a good tune-up match.
Seriously, this.
Shiogai losing his mind after that goal was great.
We should learn from how badly they wanted to win even in a friendly.
Nah, South America's real intensity isn't anything like that.
We saw plenty of it at the World Cup.
When they're actually serious, they come at you like they want to kill you.
Today was basically just playing around.
A guy like him could've cut it in the Premier League.
A club that finished 2nd last season, "mid-table"? Don't make me laugh.
Eh, I think the Premier League would be really tough for him.
He's clearly got talent, but I can't picture him banging in goals week after week there.
Fulham's Gonçalo might be a similar comparison — maybe he could do about that much.
I think that's about what an Eredivisie top-scorer title is worth these days. It's not the Ronaldo/Romário era anymore.
Moriyasu's win rate really is high.
That's not it.
He just leaves it up to the players, so when the team's on the back foot, he's got no cards to play.
It's all thanks to Itō.
He only wins the matches that don't matter.
Same back at his Hiroshima days too — lame losses in cup competitions and tournaments all the time.
The data actually shows Ao Tanaka's win rate as a starter is overwhelmingly high, and it drops off a cliff when he's not in the lineup.
Even at Leeds, he's unbeaten in home starts and wins almost every time — a historic record.
Even counting away games, his win rate leads the team.
Lol, Ao Tanaka's Leeds are up there with the Big 6.
Ao's a beast 😳
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Apparently if you tally up points from December 2025 to now, Leeds are 5th in the Premier League.
That span includes the stretch since Ao Tanaka scored against Chelsea and Liverpool,
when he was starting every game and winning constantly,
so it looks like he's racked up a big chunk of those points.
No way they're in it, lol
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Lol, it's all Central/South American opponents
You don't get worked up over a friendly, c'mon lol
Barely won thanks to home advantage.
If someone like Klopp were coaching, it'd have been decided in the first half.
The right side was dead in the first half.
He was wearing #15 for the U-21s yesterday though
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Didn't even hit 10%.
Single-digit ratings, seriously?
So it beat the table tennis final's ratings?
Re: #609
TVAL ratings tend to run low.
Video Research is probably more like 13-15%.
We learned that from the last World Cup.
Of course playing at home favors Japan — what's there even to be confused about.
Seriously, learn already that Kubo's useless when the games actually matter.
Exactly.
Anyone celebrating this must have like 1 bit of memory capacity.
Ueda
Mitoma Matsuki
Nakamura Itō
Sano Sano
Itō Takai Suzuki
Zion
This work?
Leaving out Kamada is absolutely not happening.
That's the one thing that's off the table.
A guy who can't even get on the pitch at Sint-Truiden is gonna struggle at center-back.
Think of Kamada as the current heart of the national team.
Right now, Japan is Kamada's team.
Also, put Tomiyasu in.
Background and Talking Points
This match was the opening game of the so-called “Third Moriyasu Japan” era since coach Hajime Moriyasu’s contract renewal, and as a friendly it has no direct bearing on points in official competitions like World Cup qualifying. The main split in the thread was over how much weight to give a friendly win: some took the victory at face value, while others argued it means little since the opponents weren’t playing at full intensity. Some posts pointed to Ao Tanaka’s form at Leeds as supporting evidence, but the league-standing calculations cited are posters’ own personal estimates, not official data, and should be read with that caveat. Opinions on the strength of Ayase Ueda’s new French club and on the TV ratings figures also varied by source from poster to poster, so no firm conclusion emerged.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Soccer] Third Moriyasu Era Kicks Off with a Win: Matsuki’s Debut Goal, Shiogai’s Dramatic Strike… Coach Moriyasu Reacts.”
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