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- ESPN FC reacts to Spain's 2-1 loss to Japan and discusses their expectations for both teams in the 2022 World Cup.
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TALK ABOUT JAPAN. They topped the group beating Germany AND Spain!! This is historic here in Japan
Exactly and especially when the show is sponsored by Honda 😂. Whers the ❤ for Japan good job? 😅
Welp, I've been saying this for a long time. ESPN seems to be talking more about how the "big" European nations were poor instead of how good the other small African or Asian nations are playing.
They never cared for Japan when they defeated Germany and nor they care now.
But I loved how Japan played and are through, loved it. Totally deserved. Similarly loved Morocco. Instead of seeing them talk about Belgium/Germany/Spain and how poor they were, I'd rather see them talk about Japan/Morocco and other good nations. But it is what it is
@@adarshsinghraghuwanshi4989 Japan were lucky twice. They were outplayed soundly twice and won. Funnily, they were better than Costa Rica in the boring game but lost. This was just lightning striking twice. They can't play like that and expect to win another match.
Well done they were great to watch ✌⚽️🇧🇷
@@JBHACKSAW Isn't that similar to what Croatia did in 2018? Because no matter how big a Croatian fan I am, all I can remember was them hanging on till the last whistle in every match in the last world cup. Japan's doing the same. Hang in there and take your chances, as ez as that.
Japan are such a likable side. The desire and passion is ridiculous, something every fan loves to watch.
I will have croatian jersey and japanese head band during our match... I am croatian but we were rooting for Japan against Germany and Spain ..celebrated all of their goals like our own...just love their passion and hard work...
We love underdog story
They talk 95 percent about germany and spain and 5 percent about japan....
I beg to differ. Their cowardly playing style is painful to patch. Cowering in the back with the whole team to hail mary run to their lucky moments. They will be curb jobbed in the finals.
japan's second goal is an obvious number of hearts 🤑🤑🤑
Germany and Spain were over confident. Both thought it would be a cake walk especially given the first half but then Japan brought out some of their best players and everything changed. It was like Japan were tiring them out until the second half knockout. Genius!
Brazil are, too. I know they’re going to go down soon. Gonna love it. Brazil looks like s***. Nothing like the first decade of this century.
Spain coach in 2nd half were like: whaaat! Its over 9000!!!
Genius lost to Costa Rica? Japan won't go far with using the same trick over and over again.
@@Jenn61262 Japan got overconfident vs Costa Rica and paid the price. Overconfidence can hurt any team, just look at Argentina vs Saudi Arabia.
Same with france 😹
Brazilian guy here.
It”s so good to see how Japan improved their skills in football, I watched the full game yesterday and it was amazing, these guys are really good, they look snall, but they are strong and run really fast.
Best regards From Brazil to the people of the rising sun, love you guys. 🇧🇷 🇯🇵
I was kinda hoping Costa Rica and Japan to both go through lol! But I loved the drama nonetheless, man every game has been amazing this week!
They were! For only 3minutes
U are a turtle back 😑
Costa Rica Should've parked the bus
Germany could make that possible, but they preferred to beat Costa Rica and still be eliminated, Germans are smart af😆😆😆🇩🇪🏳️🌈
It would have been cool but I also feel we don’t want too many bigger teams going out simply because we risk some one-sided knockout games. It’s cool seeing Japan, Morocco Australia etc but it be good to have a few good teams through now 😂😂
Doan is a legend. Comes off the bench and scores against Germany and Spain 🔥
Like Mourinho says You can take your stats home, I'll take 3 points.
Absolutely 💯 same Barcelona style possession is their victory
The Japan coach is kinda like Ancelotti, always calm and chill. Plus this Japan team reminds of me of the 2006 Italian squad.
CAN WE FOR ONCE HAVE AN ANALYSIS OF TEAMS LIKE JAPAN AND MOROCCO?
Can ESPN fc cope up with their European obsession and maybe bring in some people to the podcast from other regions of the world so that we can see positives in the World Cup for once and not the negatives of poor "big" footballing nations??????
Not european but just big team bias
Apparently having 18% possession is good lol
@@goat6262 yes if the team wins, ultimately that's what matters!!
@@bureaffari3694 Yes it was same thing going into World Cup. But hopefully Japan & Morocco, for example, are signs that World Cup is truly becoming a tournament the winner can come from anywhere in world , not just the same big names that are always talked about. It’s not just couple upsets that always happens, but really make runs and challenge whoever lines up against them.
Saturday we’ll begin to find out when knockout round begins.
@@goat6262 Apparently scoring two goals wins u games not a 1000 sideways passes who would've thunk this.
Never look down at a samurai 💪
Props to the Japan Coach too. What a masterclass.
Morocco vs Spain ... omg. bloodbath. Many Morocco people live in Spain.
The passion and fighting spirit Asian and African countries are showing reallyyyy deserves this result. European countries being reminded that individuality is never superior than teamwork
Finally somebody said it u can see the heart u can see they want it more
Is that why none of these HIGHLY TEAMWORK heavy teams never made it even in the semis in the last couple decades?? Forget the final or win it
So what bro in the end uropean team win the world cup???
@@durontajoy5151 well not germany, that's for sure. And did you forget Brazil?
@@paraboy3521 include brazil & argentina...
Japanese managed to replicate their anime drama in reality, I mean I don't how they managed to achieve such a comeback in two games in a single WC, and against two powerhouses, although I have my doubts in Enrique, the guy is a snake, and knew what he was doing.
He's more than a snake.. he should pay for what he did tonight
I feel like Japan will bring a great anime out of their beautiful performances in this World Cup 🤩
All those comments and only one pointing out. Spaniards have always been like this in every sport. Germans should've lost on purpose too, to kick uefaniards out
That's ridiculous. Far too risky. For a few minutes there, Spain was out. It would've been insane to take that chance. They just lost the game for lack of consistency and effectiveness.
The biggest problem of Spain is almost the same as the one for Barcelona. They create chances but against a low block counter efficient attacking team,when they attack they don't take their chances and it gives the opposition team a lot more confidence while the possession based team loses confidence in themselves.
Their striker is morata. Obviously scoring would be hard unlike the time they got the likes of david villa
@@user-zq7vi8lm4z well, Moratta scores similar numbers than Villa in 2010
@@hectorzambrano9411 does that mean morata as good as villa? You had to be insane to think morata as good as villa. Statistics is nice and helpful but football isnt math. Its played on the pitch not on paper.
that is very true. However Lucho is a bit more direct than Xavi. Saw that in the costa rica game especially and it worked out well for spain. i feel spain were playing for a draw so were content in passing around and not risking injuries. the best model for them right now is the Arteta one which is alot quicker
@@user-zq7vi8lm4z no. It means that Moratta is as efective as Villa.
Congratulations to the land of the rising sun Japan!! Japan is an inspirational to the entire world!! Japan's football and their fan's passion for soccer and their cleanliness will always be remembered in history !!!✌🏽🙏🌎⚽️✨🇧🇿🇯🇵
Japan had an awakening on soccer goals making. They made two beautiful goals. They were so happy...
I don’t think it was Croatia they were avoiding…
It was Brazil in the quarters
yeah, nobody is afraid of Croatia lol, even Japan can beat them.
Exactly , avoiding Brazil is a huge win
Yep they avoided to lose to morocco🤣
Frank “Canada-Denmark semi final” Leboeuf
the camera angle at 10:28 is a good angle but not quite over the goal. if you had the camera directly over the goal line it would more clearly show part of the ball is covering the line.
People underestimated Japan. A great team with fantastic technical capability and passion. Deserve to be through to the knockout stages.
True there teamwork are insane
They took out a rival in Germany and avoided another in Brazil. A bit risky but I would take a loss and play Morocco to if it meant avoiding that Brazil team and taking out a potential rival. Not saying it was Spain's tactic but they knew something.
Smart move for Spain, it’s better to face Morocco then Portugal than Croatia then Brazil
Agreed everyone excited for Japan but they will face hard teams! Spain at the end won lol
@@dw7647 they will get smacked by Morocco
@@christianrodriguez5346Spain just lost to Japan, and folks want to talk about how they have easy matchups now? They’re gonna steamroll Morocco just like they were gonna steamroll Japan, right?
Also Croatia does look beatable this year, especially for a spirited Japan team. They’ve only beaten Canada so far.
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 Please bro Japan was beaten by Costa Rico don't gas them up like that. Clearly you don't know ball!!!
Japan has that perseverance and pressing game which is unbelievable the work rate puts intense pressure on the opposition. Hope they progress to the later stages as well.
You just can't nullify Japan's performance by saying Spain was purposely going for that 2nd place. Utterly disrespectful and arrogant.
Japan have to play Mitoma more, he looks like the only one who actually poses a threat to opposition defenses.
Brighton have a gem in him.
Love the people saying Spain lost on purpose so they get an easier team in the knockouts.
Stupid arrogant ignorant statement!!
Nope, Spain simply have a very good attack and mediocre defense. Good teams exposed their weaknesses.
Yes. Japan was so mudh better than Spain, they deserved to win.
I put 50p on Costa Rica and Japan winning when they were both one nil down for £2600 . It was on for 3 minutes 🤣
lol
You probably was smiling ear to ear huh 😂🤣
Crazyyy😂😂
@@flippa7352 I'm going to be honest, it felt kind of surreal for a moment .The reality is though , a microwave meal can be made in the time that bet lasted 🤣
Did they offer you a cash out?
Let’s see Japan win their first World Cup 🎉. That’s who I’m rooting for now
Um, they won one. Women's, but it counts.
@@GVike the real one
Me too. I'm rooting for Japan
Even if Japan beats Croatia,Japan still probably has to go against Brazil though...
"Let’s see Japan win their first World Cup "
Real football fans do not advocate high press low block team to win WC ... that's not the way to promote the spirit of football !
Nothing to surprise
I think japan is Asian top power of football.
Unbelievable Achievement.
It was not easy beating Germany and Spain.
La Roja are lucky they through curtsy of Germany
Respect for Japan 🇯🇵
Hope you win the world cup.
Love from Indian
lol indian
The cup is brewing to be perhaps the best chance to see a first time champion since 2010.
VAR is going to be the champion.
Was always backing Japan to qualify can't go against love animes
The Ball decision is like Goal Line technology and clearly the ball is not over the line so the goal stands simple💯
Germans are a reflection of Bayern and Spain are a reflection of barca. At one point those two teams rule the world. They were unbeatable. But time has change, so what they should have done is give youngsters exposure from the club level first , 4 years is a lot of time to get ready. let them have the experience and confidence. That is their “ on the job training “ So by the time WC comes around they are ready for the pressure. Half of the younger players barely have enough time to play on a regular basis. They are there to fill up the qouta.
i bet you didnt say that when the won against Costa Rica and drew Germany
@@ugooko7569 well if you were a betting man than i suppose you already lost but I did say it. everyone knew the Germans has fall from grace especially from the last wc. And The big teams and depending too much on their stars players every 4 year till they forgot that their star players are getting old and need the younger ones to take over .
Handsight harold over here
@@TimedOut4noReason you need to learn handsign? I will send you the link to sign up for the Course tho haha
Bayern still rules the world tbh
Don’t worry about Spain.
Worry about England. Y’all are scrubs !!!!
When is the last time the England national Team won something ???! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
England is rubbish !!!
it’s never coming home!
😂😂😂😂😂
1966. Well, sort of. Goal-line technology would have ruled out their winning goal against West Germany (aka half Germany).
Is this a way of deflecting from genuine criticism of Spain?
I really feel playing Busquet over Rodri in the middle of the park is what's hurting them, Rodri is one of the best in that position if not the best but he's playing him in CB, who does that? Busquet doesn't have the legs anymore to protect that bsckline
when did he have legs🤣🤣,he is just a highly overrated slow backpasser turtle,better kick him out or face the consequences👎
Rodri isn't technical enough to maintain possession in midfield. He gave away the ball almost 10 times against Portugal in the Nations League in September. Koke or Thiago is a better option than Busquets at this moment
I hope.he keeps.busquets against morocco
@@marcoar4042 ya then u havent seen rodri playing in manchester city bruh
@@marcoar4042 Rodri that dictates the play at @ManCity isn't capable of retaining possession 😂 you joking right? So he had a bad game the best in he world have it also doesn't mean you drop him
As I continue to watch these games, the most important thing is try and score on every little opportunity u have because at the end of the day, missing those easy chances do matter
Rooting for Japan, Great players and support
They didn't give enough credit to the Blue Samurai, to win against Germany & Spain and top the group that is an achievement.
Spain screwed Germany over. If I were the germans, i'd have put 3 own goals in and let Costa Rica and Japan go through.
Germany wanted to win the battle not the war 🤷♂️
I agree with Stevie it's both attack and defense, how do you score 1 goal early on and have 82% possession the whole game
First goal was keeper error. Honestly, every team can get a shot on goal. That's not a defensive problem. Croatia allowed 4 shots by Lukaku in with box ... nobody said their defense was bad. Spain allowed 2 shots on target and they blame their defense? Pathetic.
The second goal ... honestly, it was bad luck for Spain. 99.9% of the time, that ball is out. Whoever painted that line ...
My problem with Spain: They don't have good 1x1 players. They don't have players with pace. Fati looked lost. Ferran ... is Ferran.
@@henrim9348 Croatian defence was actually bad. They were at the mercy of Lukaku and Doku
i hope either japan or portugal takes the world cup home
They’ll say anything except give Japan props
It is called western supremacy
Moral of the story... Never give up in life even if the odds are stacked against you. Work hard. Put your soul into it and most importantly don't pay attention to what others think you can do. Believe.
thanks for this
👍
Thanks for its just happen to me honestly.God is always good.
Teams like Japan lits up the WC that football fans wish to see. If Costa Rica had gone through that would have been the icing on the cake. But the Drama was Unreal..
...Can't help but wonder if the result would have been different had Enrique brought at least two of Ramos, Nacho, Grimaldo, or Vazquez to help with the defense instead of wasting team spots on Eric Garcia and Balde (Among others). I put a majority of the blame on Enrique, the defensive choices were HIS call and that was where Spain has been lacking greatest as we have seen.
de gea thiago and ramos should have been all called up simple as that he made a huge mistake by not calling them up ramos with his leadership and experience in defense and his last minute header goals could offer you so much and thiago with his technical ability and passing and de gea is a better keeper than simon
Lol it's better they finished 2nd Enrique played it chicky.
He could have called up Alex Moreno (and Canales and Iglesias) of Top 5 Real Betis, but the Big Two elitism blinded LE.
@@MarcelMatani De Gea was TRASH in Russia 2018 and that was back when he was better than now.
Ramos is another Busquets: old and past their prime, and Ramos is a sure yellow card every game.
So, NO.
@@GVike Ramos with one leg amputated is better than garcia
Love you Japan Go Asia 🥰🥰❤
Japan beating Germany and then Spain, speaks volume of how good Japan actually is.
Why does the graphic say Round of 16 but the matches say quarterfinals?
The problem is the goalkeeper. I know most of y’all hate united but, Degea should’ve been in goal. You wanna midfielder in goal or a keeper? David has improved a lot with his feet. He would’ve saved that goal.
Spain finishing 2nd to avoid mighty Brazil is a good. There's no controversy in Japan's 2nd goal, part of the ball was inside.
Spain plays Morocco in the round of 16 and will most likely loose to a very organized Morocco team. Spain is just pass pass pass
@@nwupdates9767 Morocco didn't look good against a pretty weak Canadian team.
@@nwupdates9767 pass pass pass lead to 7 goals vs Costa rica 🤡
Yes. England, France and possibly Portugal are nothing to Spain right?
@@rotonuz compared to brazil no they are nothing minus france
The lines on the soccer pitch are too thick. I was taught in technical drawing that a line has no thickness. Maybe VAR should go for centre lines…
Japan win and yet they don't even talk about them !
Ikr !
Spain loss because when under pressure they still try to play the ball out of the back. Their opponents know what they will do, and being stubborn and playing out of the back costs them. Kick it long and press the ball back down on the other end of the pitch. Enrique can’t continue to be stubborn and tactically be smarter
Even if Spain looked good and beat Japan. They can not beat Brazil in the quarters. Better chance vs (Portugal). With this result, now theres more chances on us seeing this Spain squad in the semis 👍
Spain lost but are potentially awarded an easier path to the final
Which option would you have?
Round of 16 - Croatia
Quarterfinals - Brazil
Semifinals - Argentina/Netherlands
Or
Round of 16 - Morocco
Quarterfinals - Portugal
Semifinals - France/England
I don't think they chose to losee but you just want to avoid Brazil as long as you can.
@@M4ke4l they definitely choose to lose, the guy bench Ferran Torres and Started williams, also spain could've score far more goals in the first half but they past the ball back
Don't sleep on 🇲🇦. They won their group for a reason. They could easily send 🇪🇸 home packing!!
Morocco is already a worst match up for Spain than Croatia.
@@flippa7352 they never chose to lose. If costa rica beat germany, which they were from a point in the game, spain were out as well. Just cause torres didn't start meant nothing, it was a powerful 11
Totally agree with Frank I felt was just inside but not clear enough to overrule the ref and var getting involved in way to many decisions and taking far to long to make them - should only be obvious mistakes and should let fake flow as opposed to all these annoying breaks
These guys change their tunes from game to game 🤦♂️
Soo happy for Japan they make asia proud ❤️!
Japan beat Germany and Spain , give them some respect
Always love your thumnail
Japan play like the game is final. Never surrender.
Gotta love the World Cup no matter what the media says this Wc got everything
We should appreciate Japan.They beat Germany and Spain.Its not accident. They are good and they deserve it.
Unai Simon worries me. Becoming a tournament champion without a solid goalkeeper is very hard.
De Gea would not have been a better option either as he rarely performs well for Spanish duty.
Morocco is going to be a very tough game for Spain
Unfortunately Germany helped Spain to go through by coming back against CRC but Spain failed to reciprocate the gesture by getting at least a draw against a resilient dogged Japan
As a Barcelona fan I was rooting for Spain to go far but from what I saw yesterday against Japan I'm disappointed with Luis Enrique and his tactics it reminded me of Barcelona and why they can't win big games, side ways passing and back word passing, I'm no more carrying them they're useless and it's disgraceful to football fans for that pathetic behavior!! I hope Japan goes on to win the whole tournament
This is the most entertaining group stage in the world cup history
Enrique is a mad Genius 😂🤣 trust me he knew exactly what was going on in that Germany game 🤣
And lose to morocco🤣
Japan... wow. Even though Spain is my 2nd team, when Japan scored I clapped. The Rising Sun burnt La Roja in just few minutes.
Lucho and his boys were lucky they thrashed Costa Rica. That's the only reason they made it through.
To Japan though, fkin congratulations. Beating 2 giants of football. This was equal on shock value with Saudi beating Argentina. Insane.
That's football.
Captain Tsubasa is cheering on
Germany was distracted by its cultural issues against the host nation. The world heaved a sigh of relief when they were knocked out of the group. The majority of people around the world are not enthusiastic about LGBTQ. Islamic civilization, past and present, would rather keep quiet about it. Why start a reverse witch hunt, including NAZISM (1933-1945), against opponents of LGBTQ? And why complain about the number of accidents in the construction of WC venues in Qatar? Accidents are part of big-ticket construction projects. Mesut Ozil was right all along.
whichever team mentioned lgbt was somehow kicked out, apart from maybe england.
Congrats Japan, BANZAIIIIIII 🔥🔥🔥
Amazing, I can’t describe how proud I am to be Japanese today. After so many years of thinking we could never compete against the very best, days like this are so special. Wish us luck for the next game!
The next battles will be tough, but I'm rooting for Japan!! Best of luck from Canada!!!
@@clarencegaultieri8293 sure. Morocco dominated Croatia.
Congratulations to Japan! You make the entire football loving population so happy.
I only wish it could be y’all and us (USA) in the final.
@@masrimus1607 It was the worst Croatia game but how did Morocco dominate? 2:2 shots on goal, 65% possession for Croatia, big chances 0:1 for Croatia, 0:5 corners and xg 0.37 vs 0.52 for Croatia.
The big teams need to remember hard work beats talent when talent isn’t working hard
I'm suprised rather than give japan praise people just think its luck or a bad game. They are good plain and simple
Blue Lock for the Winnn
Spain just don't know the rules of football: the team that scores the most goal wins the game, not the team doing the most pass...
How was the 2nd goal for Japan allowed?
Spain didnt have 2 win today, 2nd place is way more favorable to progress far in the world cup
Thomas Muller be like" we demand UEFA to send Bayern to Europa league to have revenge against Barcelona
They should face Real Madrid in UCL to have that revenge.😈
I love football 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Passing game was not working, Japan was happy to stand back and asking Spain to break them down.
Xavi, Iniesta and Villa are not there...
Would have loved Spain, Germany and Belgium to all go!
Only a penaldo fan would want that for the qfinal
@@DIAKOURSHEET your pessi is a disgrace an he will lose to Australia 😅
@@inzykhan415 okay?lol
ESPN GOT IT WRONG! it's not quarter finals yet
We will be getting a fire anime series after Japan's world cup journey!
Spain and Germany might have better players, but Japan definitely had the upper hand tactically. Their counter press were superb and they defended well and capitalize on counters n crosses.
These guys were laughing at Frank for his predictions before the World Cup and I am happy that Japan made it out and Costa Rica were close to reach the knockouts.
Frank predicted Germany and Costarica to go to knockouts...
Klean luar biasa 💙💙💙👍👍👍
Spain's problems was pace & commitment upfront - for that give credit to Japan.
I was taken aback when Kubo was replaced at half time. But that worked.
I was critical that against Costarica the coach didn't put minamino earlier. There the approach of the opposition team was different.
Plus Spain keeper may not be good enough.
Japan just went full anime football
Given their recent performance, Maroc looking as the favourites in this encounter…
How can you say that nobody as has expected Japan to be top.
before the tornamnet started? noone
@@september2587 I said upsets would happen multiple times in groupe E. Because of the fact that It's better to get second place in order to avoid Brazil. This is a possbility of 3 points for an underdog in the third match. I said it multiple times.
Anything can happen when you make the knockout rounds. Even some of the best teams have struggled. 2010 Spain became the only team to win the WC after losing their first match to Switzerland. 2014 Germany drew with Ghana and needed extra time to beat Algeria.
Losing one game in the group is ok. The trick is to win 4 in a row in the knockouts
I don’t care if spain makes it far seeing the German fans cry after getting grouped is better then winning the World Cup Lucho is such a genius masterclass
Hahahahahaha broooooo
😜
Couldn't have said any better, I was also rejoicing in 2018 as well when they lost to South Korea.
that first goal spain conceded was a showcase of horrible defending. thanks for that.
That Liverpool guy talking about how bad the defense has no idea about why japan took the lead. Spain has a good defense and midfield but they lack in front. That is why they struggle to win.
I think Mr Nicol's analysis of Spain loosing to Japan is a bit unfair.. Spain can't have problems at both ends of the pitch when they've scored more goals than most teams. At the back, yeah definitely! I just don't understand why Bousqets is playing ahead of players that are better than him.. Rodri is being made to play at the back when he's definitely a better player right now. And at Barcelona he plays ahead of Frankie! 🤯🤯 Mind boggling!
3,000-1 odds at half-time didn't quite materialise!
Spain's problem is their keeper,that first goal was NOT scoring against DeGea or any half decent keeper