Japan v Australia - World cup match report
hi guys, thanx 4 ur msgs. there were too many ppl to go to Kaiserslautern and I couldnt get the train i was planning to take. then 30min b4 the match, i got into the stadium. the worst thing in Kaiserslaturen is that the stadium stands on top of a small hill. So you hav to walk up to the hill for 'bout 15 min in this heat wave.having a glance at the stands 3/4 were Ausie supporters. always i watch japan game in the 90% japan supporters ,so it wasnt a home game,but nearly away game. that saturday's match ,argentina v ivory coast, was the night game (kick off was 21:00) and still it was very hot. so as u can imagine, 15:00 kick off game is a kind of diaster. even we, sitting in the stand, nearly fainted by the heat. so on the pitch.....so obviously , the playres couldnt work at all . well, as u know, japan squad strggle under the hot weather in the past , this time is no exception. compared wiz the saturdays match, the quality, level, speed ,all were much lower in this match. well it is understanding, but moreover this weather.... hard to watch .....oh, werent you surprised that Ausie had Carhill as substitute in the 1st half!? what a big team they are ! if they need goals, Carhil is needed. as you know, he is not only the Everton striker, but ....is from the most rough team,Millwall.......... (btw, i met two guys who were wearing millwall shirts @frankfurt stn, so I spoke to them and we found out my house was close to their place. well...charlton is next to millwall area ,anyway)the only goal for japan in the 1st half was just a luck as the ball posession was apparently Ausie . But the goal reminded me of the goal against brazil @ miami in olympic. easily to guess, to get gals to win fro ausie, just Carhill in . in the last 20min, hard to imagine we can save till the end. totally japan were dead of their feet.i d been wondering how people can say "possibility to win is against ausie" on telly. for my impression, the only match i can remember was Engalnd v Ausie in 2003 or something. Ausied beated by 3-1 .so for me, australia is a really strong team and just been in the bad luck for the qualify area. maybe their strong rough play is from Ausie football.maybe u should know that they have no rule there.....i d been worring that jpn could be the target to be scored by the rest of the 3 in the group like saudi in 2002. the more worse for next game is 15:00kick off again. disaster again. but regardless qualifying, hope next match will be made a good fight for future. for experience, let s let Maki-sama play there. Oh suddenly at this match, I was given the next japan match ticket against croatia. It s OV ticket, so only 28euro. lucky me! so, i ll be there again.anyway, i have to go to THAT big match,Suttgart for France v Swiss. see you later.love love,tmk