Despite a shock 1-0 defeat away in Bahrain, Japan topped the first of their qualifying groups ahead of the tiny Gulf nation as both sides moved through to the final round.
The second round of qualifiers always looked likely to be a two-horse race between Australia and Japan, and following a tense 0-0 draw in Yokohama, it was Australia who gained the psychological edge with a come-from-behind 2-1 win over the Samurai Blue in Melbourne.
Japan ultimately finished five points behind the Socceroos, as coach Takeshi Okada lost his battle of wits with former J. League tactician and current Australia coach Pim Verbeek. Finishing behind their burgeoning rivals was a blow, but Okada is acutely aware that the real work starts in South Africa.
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Arjen Robben is a bit good
Our boss man Takeshi Okada watched Bayern’s Champions League match with Lyon the other day, and has come to the stunning conclusion that Arjen Robben is a bit good, and that the Netherlands may prove to be a bit of a tough test for Japan!
“Robben is a really amazing player. I don’t know how you stop him. He can come up with incredible goals like that. They also have players like van Persie and Kuyt. You can’t simply man-mark every one of them. The Dutch can shoot from any range — totally different to Japan. I will need to impress on the players a real sense of urgency. The Dutch really are a high-level team”.
Well what a relief that he decided that he may need to have a plan to face the Dutch! I hope he manages to think of a way of at least trying to stop him and the others – I think Japan will needs a little more than a mere “sense of urgency”.
Japan were easily beaten 3-0 by the Dutch in a friendly last September, and the world is expecting a repeat.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Shunsuke’s Pain in Spain
It seems that our good friend Shunsuke Nakamura learnt a few hard lessons during his time in Spain with Espanyol where things didn’t exactly go as he’d hoped.“I must admit I was short on ability. If I had not been to Spain, I would have gone on without realising this. What I lacked was strength in one-on-one situations. It all comes down to one-on-one duels, whether you play in a team which passes the ball around or in a team which attacks with long passes. Even if they confront opponents, players over there can shake them off before shooting.”
This highlights what is a frequent problem for Japanese players when facing tougher and more physical opponents, and is what could well be our undoing in the World Cup against three physically strong teams.“Six months passed quickly but it was tough. If it was not so close to the World Cup, I could have opted to stay at Espanyol. It’s not just for the World Cup. I will make the best use of it in my footballing life. There is no time for me to be negative, even when it’s tough.”
It’s good for Japan that he has gone back to Yokohama to rediscover some form, and get match fit, ahead of the World Cup, though it’s obviously a shame for him personally but if he’s learnt from it then maybe it’s not such a bad thing after all.
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Alumni appointed as Minister of Sports
This will be the first time that the FIFA World Cup tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa beat Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. This decision left the Oceania Football Confederation as the only confederation yet to host the FIFA World Cup.
Giselle Goyenaga Calvo, former student of the FIFA/CIES Programme, has been appointed as Minister of Sports of Costa Rica. She is the first woman to hold such a position in this country.
The official announcement was made by President-elect Laura Chinchilla, who will come into office on 8 May.
The future Minister of Sports studied physical education at the Universidad de Costa Rica, an academic partner of CIES. She was also a member of the volleyball and triathlon national teams. The World Cup 2010 tickets of all matches are now available for sale.
CIES would like to congratulate Giselle for her appointment and wishes her every success in the course of her new and important duties for Costa Rica and its youth.
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Giselle Goyenaga Calvo, former student of the FIFA/CIES Programme, has been appointed as Minister of Sports of Costa Rica. She is the first woman to hold such a position in this country.
The official announcement was made by President-elect Laura Chinchilla, who will come into office on 8 May.
The future Minister of Sports studied physical education at the Universidad de Costa Rica, an academic partner of CIES. She was also a member of the volleyball and triathlon national teams. The World Cup 2010 tickets of all matches are now available for sale.
CIES would like to congratulate Giselle for her appointment and wishes her every success in the course of her new and important duties for Costa Rica and its youth.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Asia’s World Cup Story – 3. Barren Years
Things appeared to be slightly more organised all round for the 1958 qualifying. The British nations had to compete against other European nations to qualify instead of using the Home Championships, the qualifying was truly zonal, and Asia had several rounds of qualifying planned.
The flipside for Asia is that they had lost their one qualifying place which was now to be shared between Africa and Asia. This would be the cause of ongoing arguing over the next few World Cups, and the cause of many a withdrawal.
The preliminary round saw no action at all, with Indonesia progressing thanks to Taiwan’s withdrawal. They did actually have to play China in the next round and edged past them on goal average, after another withdrawal this time from Hong Kong who were also briefly in the group.
The remaining first round groups continued the theme and saw Israel progress after Turkey refused to compete in the Asian group, and Egypt progressed after Cyprus withdrew. Syria were back after an 8 year absence and made a good fist of things but still lost out to Sudan.
The semi-final round saw Israel drawn against Indonesia. But politics intervened again, and after an Indonesian request to play on neutral ground instead of home and away was rejected, they withdrew. Egypt withdrew too, meaning Sudan progressed to the final round with Israel.
Can you guess what happened next? Yep, Sudan refused to play Israel, meaning that Israel had technically qualified for the Finals, having come past Turkey, Indonesia and Sudan without the inconvenience of actually having to play. The World Cup 2010 tickets of all matches are now available for sale.
However, after the years of teams qualifying without ever having to play FIFA had ruled that this couldn’t happen again. So Israel had to play a match to qualify, but who to put them against?
Wales were chosen as the lucky loser, and went on to beat Israel home and away 2-0 on both occasions, and qualified for their only World Cup Finals appearance. This left Asia (and Africa) with no representation at the 1958 World Cup.
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The flipside for Asia is that they had lost their one qualifying place which was now to be shared between Africa and Asia. This would be the cause of ongoing arguing over the next few World Cups, and the cause of many a withdrawal.
The preliminary round saw no action at all, with Indonesia progressing thanks to Taiwan’s withdrawal. They did actually have to play China in the next round and edged past them on goal average, after another withdrawal this time from Hong Kong who were also briefly in the group.
The remaining first round groups continued the theme and saw Israel progress after Turkey refused to compete in the Asian group, and Egypt progressed after Cyprus withdrew. Syria were back after an 8 year absence and made a good fist of things but still lost out to Sudan.
The semi-final round saw Israel drawn against Indonesia. But politics intervened again, and after an Indonesian request to play on neutral ground instead of home and away was rejected, they withdrew. Egypt withdrew too, meaning Sudan progressed to the final round with Israel.
Can you guess what happened next? Yep, Sudan refused to play Israel, meaning that Israel had technically qualified for the Finals, having come past Turkey, Indonesia and Sudan without the inconvenience of actually having to play. The World Cup 2010 tickets of all matches are now available for sale.
However, after the years of teams qualifying without ever having to play FIFA had ruled that this couldn’t happen again. So Israel had to play a match to qualify, but who to put them against?
Wales were chosen as the lucky loser, and went on to beat Israel home and away 2-0 on both occasions, and qualified for their only World Cup Finals appearance. This left Asia (and Africa) with no representation at the 1958 World Cup.
World Cup 2010 tickets of Japan are rated more than of other teams, who were their opponents in the first-ever international football match in 1870. Ticket4Football.com is the most specialized and fully dedicated Japan World Cup Tickets website offering the best place to buy football tickets for all the football matches and World Cup 2010 Tickets are also sold here.
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