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Japan captain Maya Yoshida took a moment after Thursday's game to shake hands with Princess Hisako Takamado, a noted patron of Japanese sports who is an honorary president at a number of orgs including the Japan Football Association.
Her deceased husband, Prince Norihito, was actively involved in promoting soccer. The JFA's elite U-18 competition and their national training center in Chiba are both named after him.
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Per Wikipedia, they were the first members of the imperial family to stage an official visit to South Korea in 2002, when they attended the opening ceremony of the World Cup. Norihito attended 19 (!) games during the tournament.
This is making the rounds on #JPN Soccer Twitter: a letter from #SamuraiBlue head coach Hajime Moriyasu to his younger self, taken out as a full-page newspaper ad by the JFA in December 2018.
"To you, whose dream was destroyed on that day,"
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"To you, whose dream was destroyed on that day,"
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"35 international 'A' matches and one goal. My numbers with the national team we by no means impressive, but I encountered frustration and growth in each and every match.
My first appearance was in May 1992 at the National Stadium."
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My first appearance was in May 1992 at the National Stadium."
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"I was a nobody, but at a Kirin Cup game I stood on the pitch as an NT player for the first time. We played Argentina.
We lost to their overwhelming strength. It was disappointing.
As a player, I didn't want it to end like that.
I wanted to fill that gap."
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We lost to their overwhelming strength. It was disappointing.
As a player, I didn't want it to end like that.
I wanted to fill that gap."
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Mainichi's report on how the World Cup is So Over COVID-19 generating some attention.
The story notes that Japan and England among the few teams to require that reporters wear masks at news conferences, and that Japan's precautions particularly strict among participants.
The story notes that Japan and England among the few teams to require that reporters wear masks at news conferences, and that Japan's precautions particularly strict among participants.
Among precautions:
- New players arriving at the #SamuraiBlue camp took antigen tests for 3 days to make sure they weren't incubating.
- Round tables at meals had odd number of seats so players wouldn't face each other.
- Media and players wore masks in mixed zones
- New players arriving at the #SamuraiBlue camp took antigen tests for 3 days to make sure they weren't incubating.
- Round tables at meals had odd number of seats so players wouldn't face each other.
- Media and players wore masks in mixed zones
A professor at the International University of Health and Welfare in Okinawa says "Japan & rest of the world are confronting pandemic differently; epitome of that is this World Cup. There are risks but if you consider state of society, they may be unavoidable."
#Qatar2022 #SAMURAIBLUE
Japón 🇯🇵 anunció a los 26 que nos representarán en Qatar.
👋 Ahora quiero escucharte a vos opinar de la lista.
¿Que te pareció la convocatoria? ¿A quién hubieses llevado? ¿A quién NO hubieses convocado? Díganlo en los comentarios
👇 Abajo mi opinión
Japón 🇯🇵 anunció a los 26 que nos representarán en Qatar.
👋 Ahora quiero escucharte a vos opinar de la lista.
¿Que te pareció la convocatoria? ¿A quién hubieses llevado? ¿A quién NO hubieses convocado? Díganlo en los comentarios
👇 Abajo mi opinión
👌 Yo creo la convocatoria de Moriyasu está bien en un 90%. Las polemicas pueden estar en el arco y en la delantera, pero en esas posiciones no hay demasiada calidad para cambiar la ecuación.
¿Jugadores que no hubiese convocado? Gonda, Gaku Shibasaki, Minamino y Asano.
¿Jugadores que no hubiese convocado? Gonda, Gaku Shibasaki, Minamino y Asano.
🧤 Gonda me parece un flojo arquero y que se está por ir al descenso con Shimizu. Lo positivo es que en la Selección rindió, pero... ¿Está para un Mundial?
🎯 Gaku Shibasaki y Takumi Minamino me parecen los jugadores más FLOJOS de la Selección.
🎯 Gaku Shibasaki y Takumi Minamino me parecen los jugadores más FLOJOS de la Selección.
