World Cup Update
8:07 AM
Japan vs Croatia: The Dreaded Game : NIL NIL.I don't know. It's like they're all having off days. Not to mention there were mistakes abound. But Japan's lucky. I'm thankful for that. It really could have been a lot worse.
Kawaguchi is the man of the day, having saved a penalty. The Penalty. But if you ask me, the guy kickin' it could have put in a lot more power. But Penalties are extremely difficult in the first place. It's pressure on both the keeper and the kicker. More on the keeper, seeing that saved penalties are like miracles.
He's also the comedian of the day, having day dreamed for a bit. He's quite funny.
I've decided that I'm in love with Nakamura Shunsuke. I used to be, actually - with the actor. But Nakamura-san is adorable when he smiles. And he plays decently!!!!! He can be really good, and he makes few mistakes, and even then it's when he's tired. Otherwise, he's really amazing when he's handling the ball - he keeps it wonderfully even under pressure, and he has wonderful staggered dribbling which throws Croatian defense off. He's just so...and he resembles Hosomi-san hahahhhahhaa. I like Nakata fine, he's a solid midfielder right there with Gerrard, and when he's in top form he's deadly accurate. If I were a defender, I'd be pissing my pants if he's got possession.
Nakamura Shunsuke is nice to watch ^3333
What else? I think it was a mistake putting Oguro in. That late, you can't make switches which can count. Well it wasn't a mistake really, it was just ineffective. And the two guys Zico took off- Fukunishi and Yanagisawa? Yanagisawa was alright, and so was Fukunishi.
Alex made a lotta mistakes today! He wasn't the only one.
What else - Miyamoto's alright, although giving away that penalty must have been pretty tough on him.
But today's performance was lacklustre, even worse than with Australia. At least that was nice to watch. Today was just plain painful, what with the goddamn mistakes and all. It's like a really really terrible day. Like they've already given up.
Croatia was not the stable defense I'd envisioned, after holding the forte against Brazil. Disappointing too. And they were unlucky - very. It's kinda sad, missing a penalty. What else? They really could have done a lot better, but it was just like Ghana vs Italy - luck not on their side. Let's hope they're a lot luckier against Australia.
I support Japan for life, no matter how many mistakes they make. I'm Asian! I have to support them, and I should get used to it if I'm going to marry a Japanese. It's a question of loyalty.