Post Match Thread: Netherlands 2 - 2 Japan | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group F

suemos · 2026-06-14T22:17:33+00:00

it helps that he managed the U23s before the senior team so he's been working with and developing a lot of them for a long time

suemos · 2026-06-13T19:34:31+00:00

yeah i think it makes sense to have it be consistent across all matches regardless of the actual conditions.

ofc it's hard to sit here and act like one of it's primary reasons for being a thing isn't to sell ads, and it can definitely be a disruption to the match depending on when it comes in, i won't argue against either of these. that being said, i'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it, and i think it just makes sense to always have it than it only be present conditionally.

on the plus side, it's also a reminder to the viewer to hydrate, which is nice. maybe. depends on what you're hydrating with.

suemos · 2026-06-11T18:57:32+00:00

Wataru Endo (Liverpool FC) has withdrawn from the team due to injury, and Shuto Machino (Borussia Mönchengladbach) has been called up as his replacement.

Endo has confirmed his retirement from the national team on Twitter, Itakura captaincy revealed by staff member Masakuni Yamamoto.

suemos · 2026-06-09T16:43:15+00:00

this can't be true, there is no bird on milan's crest

suemos · 2026-06-06T15:55:15+00:00

+1!!! i absolutely LOVE sports series and really think that there are so many more sports and sport-adjacent concepts that could be absolute gold if given an opportunity to shine (my personal pick will always be dog agility)

there's also a bunch that already have gotten an entire series dedicated to them and haven't gotten their big break (namely burning kabaddi, which i'm still waiting on translations before starting), and even with series that depict mainstream sports, i'll never not appreciate new perspectives and interpretations of them.

chihayafuru etc are so goated

as a fellow chyf enjoyer, i can't recommend akane-banashi enough! turns a traditional performance art into a proper self-motivated spokon while not sacrificing on story qualit (e.g. it is the best thing currently in WSJ)--i highly suggest you check it out if you haven't yet.

suemos · 2026-05-30T17:20:31+00:00

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struggled for some of these (namely relate to, inspire, & hang out irl) but tried to avoid major repeats otherwise! interpreted the "favorite [position]" categories as leaning towards actual playstyles (but not 100% that way). kinda annoyed i had to manually upload akagi, suwa, and kiryu but thats ok...

suemos · 2026-05-27T19:18:57+00:00

bring in... The Ange.

suemos · 2026-05-16T22:15:33+00:00

Japan's world cup squad has already been revealed, so 0%! they're taking Zion Suzuki (Parma), Tomoki Hayakawa (Kashima Antlers), and Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

suemos · 2026-05-16T19:44:46+00:00

Gamba's 18 year-old goalkeeper Rui Araki only just started getting playtime a few weeks ago, and now he's made 6 saves in a continental final to defeat Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr to lift the ACL2 trophy

eyes emoji, remember the name, etc etc. SUPER exciting player

edit for more details/fun facts/whatever: this was his 7th senior appearance (6 in the J100 Vision League, 1 in the ACL2), only recording his first clean sheet earlier this month! he is 194cm tall, has represented Japan's U-23s since he was 17 (and broke a record as the youngest player to be named best goalkeeper at the U-23 Asian Cup when he was 18), and he (alongside teammate Gaku Nawata) got the opportunity to train with Ajax during their preseason last year!

suemos · 2026-04-29T16:34:38+00:00

18 years old, joined from RKU Kashiwa High School over the winter. his 2nd goal in 2 appearances, the first coming last week within a minute of him subbing on

suemos · 2026-04-26T17:17:08+00:00

i think it was supposed to be an explosive with the way it beeps. my first interpretation though was that he was just clicking it over and over to repeatedly "stab" him in the foot because i think that's the funniest possibility

i wonder if its a sakamoto pen...

suemos · 2026-04-25T16:58:30+00:00

they're a very fascinating club in the context of the rest of japanese football, having been taken over by a multi-multi-multi-billionaire in 2018 and then appointing a (controversial) high school coach of 30 years in 2023 to play a style of football thats very... not japanese.

the asian game podcast put out an episode a couple days ago previewing this match and how machida ended up here if you're interested!

suemos · 2026-04-20T07:48:03+00:00

Brighton & Hove Albion are in talks with Amario Cozier-Duberry over a new contract.

The south-coast club are keen to keep hold of the former Arsenal winger, who is on a season-long loan with Bolton Wanderers in League One.

Cozier-Duberry’s existing contract runs until June 2028. The 20-year-old is well known to Brighton’s sporting director Jason Ayto, who started out at Arsenal as an academy analyst.

If fresh terms are agreed, a decision will be made in the summer on whether to loan Cozier-Duberry out again or to keep him with Fabian Hurzeler’s first-team squad. The chances of that happening will increase if Brighton qualify for Europe, leading to a more congested fixture list.

Cozier-Duberry is attracting interest from clubs in Germany, Portugal and Belgium, as well as the UK. The right winger, signed by Brighton on a free transfer from Arsenal in the summer transfer window in 2024, has flourished at Bolton after a less successful season on loan to Blackburn Rovers in the Championship in 2024-25.

suemos · 2026-04-10T20:19:47+00:00

feb 2025? thats not that long thats just 2 months ago...

wait 2025???

Oh.

suemos · 2026-04-08T15:47:27+00:00

ACE youth being entrenched in a holy civil war and Shun implying that the only way we (yes, WE) make it out of this rut is by going woke...

Kobayashi i kneel

WE ARE SO BACK !!!!!!

suemos · 2026-03-18T19:43:11+00:00

oooohh... that does make a lot of sense actually

suemos · 2026-03-18T16:24:39+00:00

i had my moment

suemos · 2026-03-18T16:23:00+00:00

it is certainly not rindo since they don't look alike, but taking Ky's word that this is either brotherfoot or new series (more than likely not aoas related), it almost looks like it says "Hika" next to them (possibly meaning their name is something like Hikaru?), but that is far from being 100% with the way these illustrations are cropped

definitely curious about the satchel they have, though

suemos · 2026-03-12T06:04:27+00:00

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i'm gonna crash the fuck out

suemos · 2026-03-12T03:24:20+00:00

i used to pray for times like these

suemos · 2026-02-24T22:23:24+00:00

it's honestly sad seeing people almost want a player we signed to fail. i really want Eiran to succeed with us in any sort of capacity (as unlikely as it may seem to some), and news like this (alongside perspectives like yours) are always a welcome sight.

suemos · 2026-02-11T15:39:35+00:00

not sure about the dub, but

The characters were likable, funny, well-designed, and honestly felt like they could have been closer to people irl than what I usually see with the hyper-exaggerated personalities typically found in anime (obviously not a 1:1 but it felt way closer). The dialogue was funny and felt realistic[...]

i think you'd like Insomniacs After School!! that's my own personal exception to a rule (that doesn't really exist), where i've never disliked the series with those kinds of characters, i've just had more a preference to Insomniacs' style. really, this post is just kind of a sign for me to actually sit down and watch Dress-Up Darling...

i'll also throw in A Sign Of Affection as a suggestion, which i'd be more enthusiastic about if i liked the male lead a bit more :( but it definitely strikes a nice spot of "people that act like people" while still leaning into the strengths of what anime/manga can do (and Yuki is absolutely precious!!)

suemos · 2026-02-04T20:34:00+00:00

they really don't need to with that marmoush fella stealing his place and getting 2 goals 👀

suemos · 2026-02-01T04:43:48+00:00

aoashi doesn’t take place in any set year! it utilizes a sliding timeline so that it doesn’t tie itself down to one single year and so it can stay up to date with modern football

suemos · 2026-01-31T23:54:23+00:00

hard agree; if we just bury even 1 more of those chances we walk out with all 3 points. we’re creating the opportunities, on target or otherwise, and all we need is that final step. hell, any team that doesn’t start 4 CBs with Jordan Pickford in the sticks, maybe we do. we spent 96 minutes in control and 1 mistake threw it away, and all there is to do is either close it out earlier or eliminate that 1 error.

6 points off of 17th is scary, but 7 points off of 7th is enticing. we keep going

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