
The thing that pissed me off most in the 🇯🇵 vs 🇧🇷 game...
I’ve been rewatching the 🇯🇵 vs 🇧🇷 game and the moment that frustrated me the most was in the 53rd minute.
Japan had a counterattack 5 Japanese players against 3 Brazilian defenders. Junya Ito played an absolutely perfect, inch-perfect ball into Nakamura, who was inside the box.
And Nakamura had options:
A. He could play Ueda in, who was in a good position to shoot.
B. Or he could try to create a bit of space for himself and take the shot because, let’s be honest, Nakamura has a beautiful right foot.
C. Or he could play Kamada, who was completely free outside the box.
But instead... he plays it to Ritsu Doan, who is already being marked.
And I’m sorry, but Doan is not the player you want finishing that cross with a header. He’s not a striker. If Ueda had been in that position, okay, I can understand it. But Doan? No. No, no, no.
Japan were already 1–0 up. This was the chance to make it 2–0 and probably kill the game.
Ah, Nakamura... what have you done? Ahhh.