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On September 20 local time, in Matchday 5 of France’s Ligue 1, Lille’s Ayase Ueda started and played the full 90 minutes, scoring his 3rd goal in 4 official matches since joining the club. The goal — a left-footed finish from inside the penalty area — drew praise for its quality as well as the result. However, league-leading Lille went on to lose 1-2 to bottom-placed Nice, suffering their first defeat of the season and surrendering top spot in the table. While many thread comments praised Ueda’s individual performance, debate also broke out over whether Ligue 1 or the Premier League is the tougher league, alongside talk of how well Feyenoord — the club Ueda left — have been scoring since his departure.

Started at center forward, played the full match

In Ligue 1’s Matchday 5 on September 20 local time, league-leading Lille, with Ueda in the squad, faced bottom-of-the-table Nice. Lille suffered a painful 1-2 defeat — their first loss of the season — and fell from first place.

Starting at center forward, Ueda scored for the first time in two matches. In the 79th minute, with his side trailing 0-2, he held the ball up to become the focal point of the attack, then reacted to a teammate’s lofted pass to run in behind the defense, firing home a left-footed shot from inside the left side of the box. The ball rippled cleanly into the net.

Source: soccerdigestweb.com / Original article here

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisports Sokuho+) thread “[Soccer] Ayase Ueda scores again! Blistering left-footed strike makes it 3 in 4 official games since joining! Lille suffer crushing loss to bottom-placed Nice, fall from first.”

Tottenham lost 2-3 to Aston Villa in Matchday 5 of the Premier League on September 19, 2026, leaving them winless with 2 draws and 3 losses through five matches and dropping to the bottom of the table for the first time since 2009 — a 17-year low. Coming right after a summer spending spree of over £300 million (roughly ¥64.5 billion), the slump split opinion on 5ch threads between shock that “they’re way too weak for the money spent” and voices pointing to a “structural problem with the club itself,” the same complaint past managers like Mourinho and Conte have voiced before.

Tottenham of England’s Premier League have fallen to the bottom of the league table for the first time since 2009. Roberto De Zerbi’s side are winless through five matches, with 2 draws and 3 losses. Despite a summer spending spree of over £300 million (roughly ¥64.5 billion), the results haven’t followed, giving the club its worst start since the 2008/09 season.

Dropping to Last Place

Tottenham faced Aston Villa in Matchday 5, played on the 19th local time. Johann Manzambi opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time, and Villa doubled their lead through Nicolas Jackson and Emiliano Buendia in the second half, putting Tottenham 3-0 down. Connor Gallagher and Jan Paul van Hecke pulled two goals back late on, but Tottenham fell 2-3.

Source: footballchannel.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Football] Tottenham Fall to Bottom of the Table for First Time Since 2009 as ~£300M Signings Fail to Deliver — The 17-Year-Old Nightmare Returns.”

Former Japan national team forward Yoichiro Kashiya opened up about his career-long rivalries on TBS’s “Life’s Best Restaurant.” Kashiya, who signed with Cerezo Osaka in 2006 as the youngest pro in club history and was dubbed a “genius,” revealed that fellow draftee Shinji Kagawa was “the biggest wall” he faced. He also looked back on how Kagawa, an unknown at the time he joined the club, began to break out in his second year. The thread sparked by this story was full of nostalgia for Kagawa’s brilliance during his Dortmund days, but the conversation soon expanded to cover how current players like Takefusa Kubo and Ryunosuke Sato are being used, as well as opinions on Keisuke Honda’s work as a pundit—turning into a cross-generational debate over Japan’s greatest attackers.

Former Japan national team forward Yoichiro Kashiya appeared on TBS’s “Life’s Best Restaurant” (Saturdays, 11:30 PM), which aired on the 19th. During the show, he opened up about his feelings toward a rival.

Kashiya signed a professional contract with Cerezo Osaka in 2006, while still a first-year high schooler, becoming the youngest pro in club history and earning the “genius” label. When host Koji Kato brought up, “Kagawa (Shinji) was there at the time, right?”, Kashiya replied, “That’s right. He was honestly the biggest wall I faced,” referring to Kagawa, who joined the club in the same year and was one year older.

“I didn’t even know the name Shinji Kagawa, and I had no idea he’d go pro,” Kashiya said. He recalled that in their first year, neither of them could break into the first team and they “trained together in what you’d call the reserve squad,” but by year two, “Shinji Kagawa started getting noticed by the world. He was just that good.”

Source: hochi.news / Original article here

79AnonymousSep 21, 2026 09:15

Hard to believe it's already been 12 years since Kashiya was a nationwide sports sensation for that one half-year stretch.

*This article is an excerpt and summary based on the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Speed+) thread “[Soccer] The player Yoichiro Kashiya, once dubbed a “genius,” calls his “biggest wall” — the talent he was jealous of and “didn’t even want to talk about”.”

Crystal Palace’s Takehiro Tomiyasu was substituted midway through halftime in the Premier League’s Matchday 5 clash with Leeds (a scoreless draw) on September 20 local time. He had started at the center of a back three, but after the match the manager explained that he had “hurt his calf.” With the Japan national team set to convene on the 21st, concern is mounting over the impact on his call-up, and on 5ch, comments praising his actual performance mixed with laments over his recurring injuries, with some calling him a “Spelunker” (after the notoriously fragile video-game character). Opinions also weighed in heavily on how he’s being used by the national team amid a packed schedule.

“He wasn’t in a state where he should have pushed through.”

In Matchday 5 of the Premier League, held on September 20 local time, Crystal Palace — home to Daichi Kamada and Takehiro Tomiyasu — traveled to face Leeds, who count Ao Tanaka in their ranks. The match ended in a scoreless draw.

In this game, Tomiyasu, who started at the center of the back three, was substituted at halftime.

Source: soccerdigestweb.com / Original article here

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “[Soccer] Shockwave hits the Japan national team as it convenes on the 21st… Takehiro Tomiyasu subbed off with injury. Palace manager explains the situation: “He hurt his calf”.”

In the Valencia vs. Real Sociedad clash, both Take Kubo (Sociedad) and Ryuji Sato (Valencia) — Japanese internationals playing in Spain’s top flight — started on the bench and never got off it. Sociedad won a wild 3-2 shootout. With this being the last league match before the international break, both players missed out entirely: Kubo has now started on the bench for four straight official matches, Sato for two in a row. On 5ch, posters debated whether the slide down the pecking order comes down to tactics, physical condition, or mentality, and compared the pair to Kang-in Lee, who’s been in fine form over the same stretch.

[Sept. 20 — La Liga Matchday 7: Valencia 2-3 Real Sociedad]

La Liga’s Matchday 7 fixtures were played around the country on the 20th, including a meeting between Real Sociedad, home of midfielder Take Kubo, and Valencia, home of midfielder Ryuji Sato. Both Kubo and Sato started on the bench, and incredibly, neither one got a single minute. Both now head into Japan national team duty on a sharp downward slide in club status. The match itself was a fierce, high-scoring affair, with Sociedad winning 3-2.

It was the last league match before the international break. Both players, named to Japan’s squad for the September/October window, had been getting minutes early in the season, but have since lost their starting spots — Kubo has now started from the bench in four straight official matches, Sato in two.

Source: web.gekisaka.jp / Original article here

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geisports Sokuhou+) thread “[Soccer] Kubo vs. Sato: Shocking No-Show for Both in Japan-vs-Japan Showdown — Both Head to Japan Squad Amid Plummeting Club Status.”

Nikkei Cross Trend’s report that Japan’s “oshikatsu” (fan-support spending) market has grown an estimated 32% over three years to reach ¥3.4 trillion sparked a thread on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board about Gen Z spending habits. While Gen Z is often said to skip traditional “adult hobbies” like golf, drinking, smoking, cars, gambling, and watches, some posters noted that young employees at their companies golf constantly, and that people in their 20s make up a notable share of pachinko and boat-racing participants — highlighting a gap between the generational narrative and the actual numbers.

Japan’s Fan-Support Spending Market Grows 30% in Three Years to ¥3.4 Trillion — Data Reveals What’s Driving the Growth

In fact, even excluding indirect spending such as travel and dining out, the fan-support spending market has reached an estimated ¥3.4 trillion, growing roughly 32% over the past three years.

So what’s driving this growth?

Source: xtrend.nikkei.com / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] Gen Z: “No need for women, golf, booze, cigarettes, cars, gambling, or watches” ← Turns out we found out what they ARE spending money on wwwwwwww“

In the men’s soccer first-round group stage at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, the Japan U-21 national team, led by manager Tsuyoshi Oiwa, routed Kyrgyzstan 7-0, clinching a quarterfinal berth with one match still to play. FW Yumeki Yokoyama opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a gorgeous lob shot, and Japan piled on six more goals from there for a lopsided win. The move to swap out seven starters — a response to the lack of finishing flagged after the opening match against Hong Kong (result not specified in the article) — paid off. Reactions on the forum were split between those who discounted the gap by noting Kyrgyzstan played a looser back four than Hong Kong, and those praising manager Oiwa’s knack for getting results.

◆Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games ▽Men’s Soccer First Round, Matchday 2 Japan 7-0 Kyrgyzstan (Sept. 20, Toyota Stadium)

Japan’s U-21 (under-21) national team in Group A crushed Kyrgyzstan 7-0 to secure a quarterfinal spot. With a 6-point gap now over third place in the group, Japan advanced from the group stage with one match still remaining.

Manager Tsuyoshi Oiwa changed seven starters from the opening match against Hong Kong on the 16th, bringing in FW Yumeki Yokoyama among others. In the 28th minute, Yokoyama delivered a brilliant opener: latching onto a long ball from MF Yotaro Nakajima, he lobbed a one-touch shot that sailed over the keeper’s head and dropped straight into the net.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisou Sokuhou+) thread ‘[Soccer U-21] Oiwa’s Japan Thrash Kyrgyzstan 7-0 to Reach the Quarterfinals, Hugely Improving on Their Opening-Match Lack of Finishing — Asian Games.’

On September 20, in the Asian Games men’s basketball final at Aichi International Arena, world No. 57 South Korea defeated world No. 22 Japan 67-57 to claim its fifth gold medal and first in 12 years. Japan had reached the final for the first time in 64 years but couldn’t hold its lead and suffered a come-from-ahead loss. South Korea’s ace, Lee Hyun-jung, has signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers for next season, and this gold medal makes him eligible for exemption from South Korea’s mandatory military service. On 5ch, the main point of debate was a “difference in seriousness”: South Korea, with exemptions on the line, fielded a near-full-strength roster using its overage player slots, while Japan — in a sport where it has other major tournaments like the Asian Cup — prioritized developing younger players and didn’t field its best lineup.

“Asian Games Men’s Basketball Final: Japan National Team 57–67 South Korea National Team” (September 20, Aichi International Arena)

World No. 57 South Korea, fielding a youth-driven squad, defeated world No. 22 Japan — which had reached the final for the first time in 64 years — to win its fifth gold medal and first in 12 years. Ace Lee Hyun-jung and others, who signed an “Exhibit 10” contract with the NBA’s Trail Blazers for next season, secured a military service exemption with this gold.

In the 1st quarter, South Korea took the lead behind three-pointers from Lee Hyun-jung and others. Japan fought back with three-pointers from Kanechika and others, forcing turnovers with tenacious defense to catch up and take the lead. The quarter ended 12–16 in South Korea’s favor. The 2nd quarter stayed tight throughout, with neither team giving ground, ending the first half tied 28–28.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Asian Games] Men’s Basketball: South Korea Wins Gold for First Time in 3 Asian Games, Comes From Behind to Beat Japan — NBA Hopeful Lee Hyun-jung and Others Get Military Exemption.”

Borussia Mönchengladbach took on Mainz in Matchday 4 of the Bundesliga on September 19, and although they fought back with a penalty from Ko Itakura among other efforts, they fell 3-4, marking a miserable start of four straight opening losses and 16 goals conceded. The club has four Japan national team-caliber players on its roster — Ko Itakura, Daiki Hashioka, Shuto Machino, and Zento Uno — but German media blasted the back line as ‘not worthy of being called a defense.’ On 5channel, a debate broke out between those defending Itakura and those criticizing him over how directly he was responsible for the goals conceded.

‘Not top-flight level,’ ‘A disaster’ — German powerhouse with a Japanese quartet mired in a dismal four straight opening losses. German media slams the ‘historic collapse’ after conceding 16 goals: the back line marshaled by a Japan national team defender is ‘not worthy of being called a defense’

‘There’s no sign their slump is letting up’

Borussia Mönchengladbach, home to the Japanese quartet of Ko Itakura, Daiki Hashioka, Shuto Machino, and Zento Uno, took on Mainz in Matchday 4 of the Bundesliga on September 19 local time. They fought back with a penalty from Machino among other efforts, but lost a 3-4 shootout of a match, extending their miserable run to four straight opening losses.

Source: soccerdigestweb.com / Read the original article here

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5channel (Geinou/Sports News+) thread ‘‘Not top-flight level’ — Japanese quartet’s team mired in historic collapse with 4 straight opening losses, 16 goals conceded; back line marshaled by Japan national team defender is ‘not worthy of being called a defense’.’

Ahead of the men’s basketball final between Japan and South Korea at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, the shuttle bus for the South Korean national team failed to show up with no explanation, forcing the team to cancel its final tune-up practice. South Korea’s sports channel SPOTV reported that this may have been deliberate sabotage to give host nation Japan — which had reached the final for the first time in 64 years — a boost, and the story has rippled through Japanese media. On 5channel threads, users traded claims about the operating company’s track record, along with reports that Thailand’s and India’s delegations had also suffered lodging and transport mishaps, leaving posters split over whether this was “deliberate discrimination” or simply “sloppy management.”

Ahead of the Japan-South Korea clash in the men’s basketball final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games (held on the 20th at IG Arena), the South Korean team’s bus failed to show up without any notice, forcing the cancellation of their final tune-up session — and the incident has caused a huge stir.

An unthinkable accident struck just before the fateful Japan-South Korea match. South Korean broadcaster SPOTV reported: “Their opponent in the final is Japan, the ‘old rival’ they beat in the group stage. That day, the national team was scheduled to head to a different gymnasium in the morning for shooting drills to loosen up ahead of the final. But that practice was canceled. The reason: the bus never showed up. The vehicle arranged for sometime after 10 a.m. never appeared, with no explanation given, forcing the team to scrap the session.” According to the report, not only did the bus fail to arrive due to an organizing error, but the organizers never even gave notice, leaving the team with no way to arrange an alternative — and their crucial final tune-up was abruptly scrapped as a result.

The broadcaster went on to denounce the incident: “Incidents and mishaps that defy common sense have piled up at the Nagoya Asian Games, but given that this bus issue disrupted practice right before the final against Japan, it’s impossible not to grow suspicious. After all, this marks the first time in a full 64 years that Japan’s basketball team has reached the final. That’s exactly why people suspect this was deliberate.” The report argued that organizers may have intentionally sabotaged South Korea’s practice in order to help host nation Japan capture gold.

Source: tokyo-sports.co.jp / Original article here

83AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:04

Re: #1

Thailand's team had no lodging and had to sleep rough on the lobby floor


India's team waited 14 hours for their rooms to be ready


India's team:
"Our room wasn't ready"
"There was no breakfast"
"The team bus never came"
"No nutrition food or fruit either"
i.imgur.com/MGgsNwz.jpeg

100AnonymousSep 20, 2026 17:06

Governor Omura: "Did I even ask for this?"

*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5channel (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “[Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games] South Korea’s bus never showed up before the Japan-Korea basketball match… practice canceled, sparking uproar with claims of “sabotage” and “deliberate action”.”