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Euro Power for Japan against Serbia?
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JFA President, and part-time coach basher, Motoaki Inukai has said that he hopes to secure deals with the clubs of Japan’s European based players for their release for Japan’s next friendly against Serbia on April 7th.
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Stuck In The Middle With You – Japan’s midfield choices
Comments(0)Having looked at Japan’s goalkeepers and defenders, we’re heading upfield with the pace, skill and guile of a latter day Kazu Miura and taking a look at the midfielders fighting for a place on the plane to South Africa. (more…)
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Asian Cup Qualifying Round Up – All Complete
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So the Asian Cup qualifying is all done and dusted, although in most cases qualification was decided a couple of months ago, but there were one or two issues left to be resolved yesterday, so here’s a complete round-up of what went on, who’s off to Qatar next year, and who will ... [read more]
A win! A win! Japan beat Bahrain 2-0
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A 2-0 win for Japan in their final Asian Cup qualifying match with Bahrain has slightly (and only slightly) eased the pressure on Takeshi Okada, particularly since his idea of pushing Keisuke Honda a bit further forward reaped rewards when Honda banged in the second goal. (more…)
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Powered by Honda?
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For a match being played in Toyota, ironically Japan will be looking to Honda to jump start (see what I did there?) their attack against Bahrain. Apparently Takeshi Okada will move Keisuke Honda of CSKA Moscow into a more forward role in an attempt to create and take more chances. (more…)
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World Cup warm-up fixtures confirmed
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Japan’s schedule in the run up to the World Cup is now complete and confirmed, and is as follows: (more…)
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A Day of Champions League Beauty
The last time these four teams square danced, the day was defined by the absurdity of the goals rather than the beauty: the Lukasz Fabianski howler; the Lukasz Fabianski howler: pt. II; and Miroslav Klose doing his best - and worst - Pippo impression. Today was every bit the opposite: ...
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Daily Dose: March 9th, 2010 - Featuring One Cristiano Ronaldo and Many Many Mirrors
Is Cristiano Ronaldo self-obsessed? Or just aware of his image as a self-obsessed footballer and willing to play on it? Probably both. Video via 101GG. Jeff Cunningham claims to be Freddy Adu (Dirty Tackle) The tactical switch from three bands to four (Zonal Marking) Maybe Russia isn't the league of the future ...
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Champions League Week Three Liveblog: Attack of the Puffy Jacket.
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Champions League Predictions: Jesus Christ, Superstar.
There are two days of Champions League on offer this week: The Day of Beckhamania and The Day Before Beckhamania. Arsenal, Porto, Fiorentina, Bayern, Real Madrid & Lyon will need to take a backseat to the sideshow known as David Beckham's The Rapture (The Real One). This was to just poke ...
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Daily Dose: March 8th, 2010.
High quality footballing technique, courtesy of Belgium. FIFA will take us into the future. (The DA) Leverkusen needn't worry about that 'undefeated' bit anymore... (The Fundesliga) Felix Magath rejects your title hypothesis. (Rafa Honigstein) Righting a wrong you've seen so many places today. (Avoiding The Drop) Lining up the Pedro Geromel sweepstakes. (Calciomercato Offside) Sitting down ...
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Come For The Football, Stay For The Stoning.
Saturday's Turkish Superliga game between Bursaspor and Diyarbakirspor didn't get off to the best of starts - not the 'best of starts' as defined by Turkish authorities at least; it erupted into an ancient stoning ceremony by Diyarbakirspor fans even before the whistle. This apparently in response to racial prodding ...
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Lukas Podolski Finally Finds the Net, 1,425 Bundesliga Minutes Since the Last Time
Cologne's Lukas Podolski became the latest in a long line of players to score against their former employers this weekend, when he fired a long distance free kick past Hans-Jorg Butt in the Bayern Munich goal. But the real relief was that the man known as Poldi scored at all. After ...
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Of Sergio Ramos, Ray Hudson & Nipple Erections.
There are only two stances on Sergio Ramos: you're either a 12yo girl or you're not. Similarly, there is no wading the middle ground with GolTV analyst Ray Hudson: he's either an angelic aria or nails on the chalkboard - a stance that can change depending on which side of ...
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A win! A win! Japan beat Bahrain 2-0
A full round-up of the Asian Cup qualifiers can be found ... [Read More]Asian Cup Qualifying Round Up - All Complete
Nice.World Cup warm-up fixtures confirmed
Ha ah k. I never would have guessed the waffles and rants were yours though! ... [Read More]World Cup warm-up fixtures confirmed
From various places at times, but this information was on the JFA website I think, and the quotes ar ... [Read More]World Cup warm-up fixtures confirmed
Just wondering where do you get the information from. I get it from wikipedia but I'm curious as to ... [Read More]
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