Japan vs. Canada (International Friendly)

Wow

why the fuck do we have Furuhashi still in this team he was given five chances too many

Interesting to see Japan in their current state they seem absolutely peaking lately have they made some significant investments into some areas like academy/structure in recent years ?

Player wise they’ve had a lot of good quality before aswell with sakai/nagatomo/hasebe/okazaki/honda it’s pretty impressive they’ve managed to build even further on a team that had those players around

Score the pen and we’d probably only be down 2-1,3-1. This is brutal.

I've added links to videos of all the goals (from Twitter). If somebody wants to upload those separately (streamable?) and submit it to r/soccer, please do so!

Nice try by Phonzy

Having to pause for a moment to look for Junya Ito since he stopped dyeing his hair haha

How the hell did Canada qualify for Qatar? They’re bloody awful

Camera man nearly tripped himself on that ball.

oh (no) canada 😢

lol wtf are these goals man

this japan team looks pretty dangerous, especially if/when mitoma gets back

Uh, lousy touch, was going out, dragged his foot and caught the GK arm …

Wish Mitoma was playing, but great time for the other players to get some minutes. Kubo should get some time around 60-70mins in

Already 1-0?

The commentator keep mistaken Nakamura and Nakayama lol

my goodness davies

What the fuck is that goal lmao

Just tuned in and it’s already 1-0 😳

That started pretty much how I expected it to.

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No Eustaquio. Pain.

I don't know why Borjan is playing and this isn't a game for Piette who is just going to be way to slow in transition or on the ball.

Canada aren't playing bad, but there is a gulf in quality with the defensive lines. Ours just look like they are running in molasses and our midfield is not tracking runs after turnovers. Japan's press is really good, but the scoreline flatters them a bit given the deflected goal and own goal plus a missed pen.

Another manager about to get the sack or what?

Great header!

wtf is Johnston doing. Gift after gift.

You know shit is fucked when even David is now missing pens

canada seems really sloppy with possession, just can't string together crisp passes

Japan has some impressive results lately.

I wonder if they will translate to winning the Asian Cup in 2024, or the "park the bus for 90 minutes" tactics that AFC teams deploy against them give them more trouble than actually better teams who play more open.

Thought I was watching basketball there with the air passing.

Including this game, Japan has scored atleast 4 goals in a match 5 times in a row. WTF

That is a red

hopefully Nakamura is okay, he was starting to play more comfortably with Stade De Reims

that tackle is illegal in the NFL too

Bad tackle by Johnston

Aw man that does not look good, hopefully it’s just a bad strain…

Sad to see him injured in a friendly match.