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[Hoser]

3-2 loss to Saudi Arabia. Sigh. Watched it with my gf. There were lots of "onegai's" and prayers to the heavens but no such luck unfortunately. Anybody else watch the game. I thought it was tremendously exciting. I was impressed by how much heart the Japanese played with but they obviously lacked the killer instinct that Saudi Arabia seemed to have. They got 3 goals in about 4 or 5 chances that I counted. Japan on the other hand constantly had the ball in SA's end but couldn't do anything with it. I found it eerily similar to what happens when us foreigners play the Japanese at futsal. We take every bloody chance we get and then some while the Japanese team likes to pass it around and perhaps eventually (or not, as is often the case) get a shot on goal.

[GambateBingBangBOOM]

If Japanese people didn't tend to be the worst sports in the world, I might care. But they act like spoiled children when they lose a point. And like total dicks when they get one.

I still smile when I think of the announcer's face before the game against Australia (when they were assuming they would win) and after (when they lost).

And I still feel that little bit of anger whenever I think of the behavious of the men's volleyball team whenever they both got a point and lost one while they were playing France (I think it was?) a few weeks ago.

As a consequence I tend to approach anything with Japan against anybody else the same way a lot of Canadians and others approach The US against anybody else- just hope the anybody else wins. When it's Japan versus America....it's perplexing!

[Chris21]

What's with all of the stuhiggers hate? Have I missed something? The posts I've read seem fine to me. X-Ray glasses - I'd like a pair, too.

[alexcase]

This is another irritating thing I have in common with the Japanese (guess I've found my home). I do the "guts pose" etc. with a sense of irony, but no-one else seems to see the funny side... Then again, neither do I when someone else does it.

I think my own bad habit comes from knowing I was hilariously crap at sport when I was at school (not one goal or try scored, nor one game of tennis won in 13 years!) , so each point I score in any sport in the rest of my life stands out for me. Could the Japanese thing be the same???

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[Hoser]

I like to cheer for them-I guess because I'm living in Japan and my girlfriend is Japanese. But they're just so terrible at almost everything except baseball!

[Eva Pilot]

I thought it was a brilliant game with a disappointing result.

I don't think anyone can complain about the Japanese performance in the tournament, they were far and away the best side, it was only fatigue that caught up to them in the end.

[alexcase]

Does no one have an explanation on why some Japanese players overcelebrate/ crow when they win something then??

[Hoser]

I wont forget the U20's celebration dance for their first horrible goal against Scotland. Absolutely ridiculous. If I had scored such an ugly goal I wouldn't even be smile, never mind do some silly chicken dance.

Well it's not getting any easier to be Japanese unfortunately. Loss to S. Korea in a shoot-out. No game-saving heroics from Kawaguchi this time. He almost saved the second last goal but it JUST went under him.

[ironopolis]

[JU!]

I have not seen the game yet as don't live in Japan but will watch the highlights soon. As always when I watch Japan as mentioned above the seem to lack any goal scorers and this always hampers them. As soon as they find a Japanese Michael Owen they will be sorted. I feel they always create enough chances in games but just can't finish them off.

[Eva Pilot]

[ironopolis]

[Eva Pilot]

I agree with most of your points too, and I didn't mean to sound like the typical (usually Korean! haha) style disgruntled loser by saying "Well...we didn't win but we are still the best!"

I was just commenting on a remark from a commentator during one of the matches where he said "Should things stay as they are in this tournament, it looks very ominous for whoever Japan meet in the next few games."

I think the toll that the AUstralia game took on Japan, so much extra football played was a factor in their running out of steam against Saudi Arabia.

[Yawarakaijin]