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Oly Whites vs Japan | Saturday 31st July | 9.00pm | Kashima, Japan

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Posted July 29, 2021 23:17 · last edited July 29, 2021 23:18

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Back to steamy Kashima unfortunately. This game really has Korea Part II written all over it, with hopefully same result.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/300369534/improving-olywhites-face-toughest-test-yet-in-tokyo-olympics-quarterfinal-against-japan
Hay made four personnel changes as well as a change of system for Wednesday’s match under a closed roof at the Sapporo Dome and said afterwards: “We wanted to freshen things up”.

“We wanted to bring some players in that hadn't been exposed to the tough conditions that we faced down in Kashima [where they played their first two matches, in temperatures around 30 deg c].

“The idea was to have some legs and in the Dome it's a lot cooler, set at 19 degrees, so it allowed us to actually step on and press a lot higher.

“A lot of that was down for the conditions, and we just showed our ability to maintain possession a little bit better than we have over the last couple of games.”

The OlyWhites had 59 per cent of the ball against Romania, up from 44 per cent against Honduras, and 37 per cent against South Korea, and looked dangerous in the first half, before things got tighter in the second, where goalkeeper Michael Woud made a pair of saves to deny Romania, who might have only needed a goal to win and advance themselves.



Some will hate going back to that style but you know what I won't mind that. Got to keep it tight and stop them from playing their football, especially because in knockout stages it's okay to draw and end up in extra time/penalties. Have a good moment on the counterattack or two and we have a chance - but can't afford to make many errors at either end. 

If we take that approach, we will get murdered
How come we weren't murdered by Korea then? Who are an equally good team?

Take a look at Japans matches so far. South Africa came bottom of Group A - yet they sat back quite a bit against Japan, and only lost 1-0. France tried to go at them like mad and what was the score there? 4-0. Big difference. 

If anyone thinks we are gonna go out there and outplay Japan to win, they're delusional. We need to be cynical and if we do that well, we're in with a chance. 

Romania had the worst attack in Group B by far, and that's why they threatened us that little. Japan are much better than that - if we look like dominate or even up possession/territory against them, they'll kill us on the counter. 

Like it or not, being cynical and defensive (in a smart way!) is our best chance of winning. 
In cold hearted reality, likely lot of truth in these coments. I'd start Champness. His speed, should at least make Japanese a little nervous about Oly Whites counter.

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lthomas20
reg22
lthomas20
coochiee
Back to steamy Kashima unfortunately. This game really has Korea Part II written all over it, with hopefully same result.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/300369534/improving-olywhites-face-toughest-test-yet-in-tokyo-olympics-quarterfinal-against-japan
Hay made four personnel changes as well as a change of system for Wednesday’s match under a closed roof at the Sapporo Dome and said afterwards: “We wanted to freshen things up”.

“We wanted to bring some players in that hadn't been exposed to the tough conditions that we faced down in Kashima [where they played their first two matches, in temperatures around 30 deg c].

“The idea was to have some legs and in the Dome it's a lot cooler, set at 19 degrees, so it allowed us to actually step on and press a lot higher.

“A lot of that was down for the conditions, and we just showed our ability to maintain possession a little bit better than we have over the last couple of games.”

The OlyWhites had 59 per cent of the ball against Romania, up from 44 per cent against Honduras, and 37 per cent against South Korea, and looked dangerous in the first half, before things got tighter in the second, where goalkeeper Michael Woud made a pair of saves to deny Romania, who might have only needed a goal to win and advance themselves.



Some will hate going back to that style but you know what I won't mind that. Got to keep it tight and stop them from playing their football, especially because in knockout stages it's okay to draw and end up in extra time/penalties. Have a good moment on the counterattack or two and we have a chance - but can't afford to make many errors at either end. 

If we take that approach, we will get murdered
How come we weren't murdered by Korea then? Who are an equally good team?

Take a look at Japans matches so far. South Africa came bottom of Group A - yet they sat back quite a bit against Japan, and only lost 1-0. France tried to go at them like mad and what was the score there? 4-0. Big difference. 

If anyone thinks we are gonna go out there and outplay Japan to win, they're delusional. We need to be cynical and if we do that well, we're in with a chance. 

Romania had the worst attack in Group B by far, and that's why they threatened us that little. Japan are much better than that - if we look like dominate or even up possession/territory against them, they'll kill us on the counter. 

Like it or not, being cynical and defensive (in a smart way!) is our best chance of winning. 
In cold hearted reality, likely lot of truth in these coments. I'd start Champness. His speed on counter, should at least make Japanese a little nervous about Oly Whites counter.