Subject: NT matches: World Cup

Arai is a very good defender, but it's a pity that his low Stamina does not allow him to play more minutes :S

now nippon will have to win with India ;)

Nippon wil give 'Arte Slagen' to India! :)

Nippon will win!:D

Well, Nippon farewells the WC with a victory ^^

3-1 vs India in a good match, in wich the decission of players and tactic I think was very right (by priming Technique over Speed they got a red card soon, and out attackers made some very good dribbles, for instance the 2nd goal of Shinoda :). And as our team grabbed control of the center we had lot of chances. We could have a better result indeed if not were for the two failed penalties and some balls lost in their area.

Unfortunately, we had not chance of passing to the next round in WC with such three teams as Hvratska, Canada and New Zealand in the group, but the first place below them I think is a very good result (considering that Moldova's ratings were above ours, for instance), and perhaps next time we could have some more luck with the rivals, and hopefully out players could have developed more their skills by then :D

Thank you for the support, and let's hope that Nippon makes a good role in the friendly matches which remain yet this season ;)


Here is the final Table:

Pos. Team Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals Points
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1. Hrvatska 10 9 1 0 73-6 28
2. Canada 10 7 1 2 42-12 22
3. New Zealand 10 7 0 3 49-15 21
4. Nippon 10 2 2 6 8-54 8
5. India 10 1 1 8 12-60 4
6. Moldova 10 0 3 7 6-43 3
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And the statistics:
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Average team marks:
very good
- Hrvatska
- New Zealand
- Canada
solid
- none
good
- Moldova
adequate
- Nippon
average
- India
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Average individual marks:
56.7 Hrvatska
54.1 Canada
52.1 New Zealand
40.2 Moldova
37.4 Nippon
36.6 India
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harumi shinoda the best striker of nippon!