Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Saturday, March 12, 2011
The Japan National team has been considered Asia’s best since 1998 when Japan first qualified for the World Cup, that was led by Hidetoshi Nakata and Gon Nakayama. Now, they have featured such talent as Cska Moscow’s Keisuke Honda, VFL Wolfsburg’ Makoto Hasebe, Borussia Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa and Inter Milan’s Yuto Nagatomo. As great as they are, the Japanese national team has always been considered a midfield team as most of the talent plays in that position, it has never produced a center-forward that can changes the tide of a match by just his sheer presence.
The closest thing that the national team ever produced in the striker spot would be Kazuyoshi Miura, as he had 55 goals in 89 appearances but as great as it seems, it was considered a padded record as most of the countries he faced were never first class competition. As a matter of fact, his scoring rate outside Japan is a huge disappointment as is less than 0.30 which is way below the world average for a forward.
Enter, Takayuki Morimoto.
From Left to right (Up to down) – Honda, Hasebe, Kagawa, Nagatomo – Japan’s best players right now
The closest thing that the national team ever produced in the striker spot would be Kazuyoshi Miura, as he had 55 goals in 89 appearances but as great as it seems, it was considered a padded record as most of the countries he faced were never first class competition. As a matter of fact, his scoring rate outside Japan is a huge disappointment as is less than 0.30 which is way below the world average for a forward.
Enter, Takayuki Morimoto.
Morimoto
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