Japan vs. Canada (International Friendly)

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

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

What the fuck is that goal lmao

That started pretty much how I expected it to.

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No Eustaquio. Pain.

wtf is Johnston doing. Gift after gift.

That is a red

that tackle is illegal in the NFL too

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

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

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

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

Camera man nearly tripped himself on that ball.

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

The commentator keep mistaken Nakamura and Nakayama lol

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.

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

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

my goodness davies

Another manager about to get the sack or what?

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

oh (no) canada 😢

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.

Great header!

Bad tackle by Johnston

lol wtf are these goals man

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

Wow

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

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

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.

Thought I was watching basketball there with the air passing.

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

Already 1-0?

Just tuned in and it’s already 1-0 😳

Sad to see him injured in a friendly match.