Post by account_disabled on Jan 10, 2024 10:32:24 GMT
Japan will be in the round of 16 of the Fair Play World Cup. Only for having received fewer yellow cards than Senegal in the three games, because the suicidal tactic of his coach, who changed more than half the team for this game, was about to cost him dearly.
Japan lost against Poland, due to a header from Jan Bednarek, and the Blue Samurais waited a few agonizing minutes for the result in Samara, where Colombia was also beating Senegal 1-0. Upon confirmation, Akira Nishino breathed. Because, despite the need to get a point to secure the round of 16, the Japanese coach left Inui and Harebe on the bench, due to the risk that a yellow card would prevent them from playing outside the next round, and he refreshed his team with four other changes.
Polish coach Adam Nawalka, whose only objective was not to leave Russia empty, also brought in half a new team, including goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski and defender Kamil Binance App Users Data Glik, who was thus able to make his World Cup debut after suffering an injury in the shoulder at the beginning of the month that seemed to keep him out of the tournament.
The intense heat (36 degrees) and the numerous changes influenced a first half with many inaccuracies, in which it was Poland who came closest to the goal, with a header from Kamil Grosicki that was cleared with great difficulty by Eiji Kawashima, who sent the ball against the post, without it completely entering, as Goal Line Technology demonstrated.
With a little more intensity at the beginning of the second half, Japan tried to secure its place in the second round and, however, it was the Polish team that took the lead due to a Japanese defensive mistake. A free kick from outside the area taken by Rafal Kurzawa was connected inside the area, without opposition, by defender Jan Bednarek (m.60).
Suddenly, Japan, which arrived at the third day convinced of being practically classified, found itself almost eliminated. And out of desperation, Nishino introduced first Inui and then Hasebe, but it didn't change the situation much. If anything to offer Poland spaces to run the counterattack and, thereby, demonstrate that this is not Lewandowski's tournament. Only from the center of the area, the Bayern striker sent a good ball placed from the side by Grosicki into the clouds, in the best chance of the second half.
Exposed to another goal leaving them out, Japan lived in anguish until the final whistle, while Poland secured a victory that made up for their terrible tournament and Lewandowski left the field again upset. Without debuting in a World Cup.
Japan lost against Poland, due to a header from Jan Bednarek, and the Blue Samurais waited a few agonizing minutes for the result in Samara, where Colombia was also beating Senegal 1-0. Upon confirmation, Akira Nishino breathed. Because, despite the need to get a point to secure the round of 16, the Japanese coach left Inui and Harebe on the bench, due to the risk that a yellow card would prevent them from playing outside the next round, and he refreshed his team with four other changes.
Polish coach Adam Nawalka, whose only objective was not to leave Russia empty, also brought in half a new team, including goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski and defender Kamil Binance App Users Data Glik, who was thus able to make his World Cup debut after suffering an injury in the shoulder at the beginning of the month that seemed to keep him out of the tournament.
The intense heat (36 degrees) and the numerous changes influenced a first half with many inaccuracies, in which it was Poland who came closest to the goal, with a header from Kamil Grosicki that was cleared with great difficulty by Eiji Kawashima, who sent the ball against the post, without it completely entering, as Goal Line Technology demonstrated.
With a little more intensity at the beginning of the second half, Japan tried to secure its place in the second round and, however, it was the Polish team that took the lead due to a Japanese defensive mistake. A free kick from outside the area taken by Rafal Kurzawa was connected inside the area, without opposition, by defender Jan Bednarek (m.60).
Suddenly, Japan, which arrived at the third day convinced of being practically classified, found itself almost eliminated. And out of desperation, Nishino introduced first Inui and then Hasebe, but it didn't change the situation much. If anything to offer Poland spaces to run the counterattack and, thereby, demonstrate that this is not Lewandowski's tournament. Only from the center of the area, the Bayern striker sent a good ball placed from the side by Grosicki into the clouds, in the best chance of the second half.
Exposed to another goal leaving them out, Japan lived in anguish until the final whistle, while Poland secured a victory that made up for their terrible tournament and Lewandowski left the field again upset. Without debuting in a World Cup.