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On September 24, in an international friendly at Q&A Stadium Miyagi, Japan’s national team faced Uruguay and won 3-1. Kuryu Matsuki, making his senior debut, opened the scoring, and late in the match Kento Shiogai and Ayase Ueda struck the go-ahead and clinching goals. Following the result, Chinese media assessed that “Uruguay just waited for Japan’s mistakes — Japan’s win was a product of skill, not luck.” On 5ch, some welcomed the analysis warmly, while others pointed to the self-deprecating streak in Chinese soccer coverage and noted that Uruguay wasn’t at its best after a long-haul flight, broadening the discussion.
In the international friendly held on September 24, Japan’s national team, led by manager Hajime Moriyasu, faced South American powerhouse Uruguay at Q&A Stadium Miyagi.
In the opening match of the third Moriyasu era following the North/Central American World Cup, Japan took the lead in the 11th minute. Kuryu Matsuki, playing his senior debut, fired home a sharp left-footed strike from distance. But in the 42nd minute, a passing mistake in their own half let Maxi Araújo equalize.
Still, in the 90+1st minute, Kento Shiogai converted a final pass from Ayase Ueda to retake the lead. Five minutes later, Ueda broke through on a perfectly weighted through ball from Junya Ito to seal the win, and Japan claimed a 3-1 victory.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Same goes for Japan, honestly 😅
What were you guys even doing during the last World Cup? Cutting grass?
Japan's still missing something before it can win the World Cup.
×××
Today's match, Japan vs Uruguay —
attendance at Q Stadium was
44,070!
That's more than the population (36,000) of Rifu, the Miyagi town the stadium is in…
And it was a weekday lol
https://dec.2chan.net/up2/src/fu7312602.jpeg
Kirin must be thrilled (the beverage company that sponsors these Japan friendlies is cashing in)
so why are they in such a sorry state?
They always say loving something and being good at it are two different things.
Shanghai sports bars (better at watching than playing, in other words)
I get New Zealand (they made the World Cup) and Palestine (knocked out in Asian third-round qualifying),
but come on, book someone a bit stronger.
They should've just called up Cape Verde.
you can't write freely about politics,
so sports is the one beat where you actually can.
Running down your own country is usually taboo — wonder why self-deprecation is only allowed in sports.
that's how big the gap in athleticism is.
Those pigs wouldn't last 10 minutes lmaooooo
No chance, they're below high school girls' level
A Tohoku Rakuten (baseball) player was gassed doing stadium-stair sprints, while the Tokiwagi Gakuen High School girls' soccer players running alongside him looked completely unfazed…
https://x.com/kahoku_shimpo/status/1857002617081098243
Honestly though, I'd like to see rugby players try it instead.
'China's hopeless at team sports lolll'
People say this sometimes, but they've actually picked up plenty of Olympic golds in team events.
How do they explain that one?
The team events China wins are things like gymnastics —
that's really just a bunch of individual routines bundled together.
1. Japan
2. Taiwan
3. USA
4. South Korea
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>
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17. Germany
18. China
19. Canada
China can be a world baseball power basically fielding amateurs lol
shows just how niche 'bat-swinging' (a dismissive nickname for baseball) is worldwide lol
Team Mexico was on the bench
eating Donbei cup noodles
1. Soccer
2. Badminton
3. Swimming
4. Basketball
5. Cycling
6. Volleyball
7. Cricket
8. Table tennis
9. Tennis
10. Boxing
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/samuraigoal/imgs/a/c/ac7ab344.png
Soccer's huge in China, but baseball's unpopular there — written off as a dead zone nobody cares about lol
What China calls 'level-headed' reads more like government-spokesperson talk — this one's actually 'grovelling.'
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
This match was the opening game of the newly reorganized Moriyasu Japan following the North/Central American World Cup, with attention on Kuryu Matsuki, who scored on his first senior call-up. The attendance of 44,070 also became a talking point on the thread, since it exceeded the population (roughly 36,000) of Rifu, the Miyagi town where the stadium is located. On the Chinese media’s assessment, commenters on the thread noted that soccer seems to be the one area where criticizing the home team is tolerated — reflecting how, in China, where political reporting leaves little room for open criticism, sports coverage has become a relatively independent space for commentary. Several also pointed out that Uruguay was at a disadvantage after a long-haul flight right before kickoff, so the result can’t be read as purely one-sided. There’s also a persistent gap between China’s actual national-team strength and the sport’s popularity there, a disconnect that came up repeatedly in the thread.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geisports Sokuho+) thread ‘[Soccer] Chinese Media: “Uruguay Just Waited for Japan’s Mistakes — Japan’s Win Was a Product of Skill, Not Luck; We Don’t Even Have the Element of Luck”.’
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