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J.League Scouting & 🇯🇵 ⚽️ ✍🏼 @ "Shogun Soccer" newsletter! (#LFC, #FCTokyo | 💻🛠️ #rstats | Ex ⚽️ @ 11tegen11)

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · Jun 28

🆕 Shogun Soccer Scouting 🇯🇵⚽️🔍!

1⃣3⃣: KOTA TAKAI | #高井幸大 !

LINK 🔗: www.shogunsoccer.com/p/shogun-soc...

- Physically imposing 💪 but some issues with speed & turning agility ↪️
- Very good ball progression through passes & carries ✅

#Spurs #THFC #COYS #JLeague

Shogun Soccer Scouting #13: Kota Takai

Big prospect but can he make the big leap to the Premier League?

www.shogunsoccer.com

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 5h

Ah co-sporting directors, that’s always a recipe for success 😅

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, I'll be on @jtalkpod.bsky.social tomorrow night to talk about Japan 🇯🇵 national team's friendlies vs. Paraguay & Brazil.

Send me any Questions you want us to discuss! 👀

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 20h

Sultan Adil should be starting ahead of all those rando Brazilians they've got

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 21h

Qatar 2-0, wtf was Khalid Eissa doing on that free kick??

Pedro Miguel 🙄 just about gets his header on the end of a cross

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 21h

waiting for a 15000 word @shelatneel.bsky.social piece on Soria's career tomorrow

spongebob is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in a diner .

ALT: spongebob is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in a diner .

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 21h

Sebastian-fucking-Soria coming on for Qatar??!?!

he's 41 now... for those who don't remember, he scored vs. Japan in the 2011 (!!) Asian Cup

What Year Is It GIF

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 21h

Qatar score 1-0! ol' veteran Khoukhi with the header

are UAE really going to choke this?

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, I'll be on @jtalkpod.bsky.social tomorrow night to talk about Japan 🇯🇵 national team's friendlies vs. Paraguay & Brazil.

Send me any Questions you want us to discuss! 👀

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Aside from the first conceded goal, Junnosuke Suzuki | #鈴木淳之介 was fantastic (esp. shutting down Estêvão in the 2nd Half)

I wrote this back in February, crazy to see how much he's grown in such a short time! #daihyo
www.shogunsoccer.com/p/shogun-soc...

Shogun Soccer Scouting #8: Junnosuke Suzuki

A Ball-Carrying & Passing Force Advancing from the Back Line!

www.shogunsoccer.com

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

🇯🇵 3-2 🇧🇷

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

That Junya Ito dribble just now

Jeez he’s really turning back the clock today

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Why tf are we taking Ayase Ueda off??? 😵‍💫

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

🇯🇵 3-2 🇧🇷 !!!!

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

I TAKE BACK EVERYTHING BAD I SAID EARLIER KEITOOO 😂

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Come on Keito, you gotta at least turn that into a shot….

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Big mistake from the 🇧🇷 DF but also from Japan not giving up and continuing to press high

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Yeehhhhh Takiii

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

offside again…

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Said this about a million times but hate how our wingers get sucked into the backline, it’s no wonder then vs a opp. Like 🇧🇷 that 🇯🇵 can’t push out.

Ofc there’s no realistic LB options in the squad to switch to a Back 4 either so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Regardless of what the final score becomes, this is MUCH better than the 2022 friendly where the team were just stuck in their own box for the full 90

Still nowhere near good enough though

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

HT 🇯🇵 0-2 🇧🇷

Started off somewhat OK & in typical fashion wasted a glorious chance right before Brazil took the lead off their first/2nd shot 🙃

Mid-block was OK but as Half wore on,unable to put 🇧🇷 ball holder under pressure plus zero ability to push forward on the counter

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⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

0-1 🇧🇷

Great combo play on Brazil’s right side unit

Annoyed as Japan have been fairly OK so far

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

For fuckk sake score that 😩😩😩

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Ffs… again! Well at least he got the shot off this time but still 🙄

⚽️ Ryo 📊 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 1d

Come on Keito, you gotta at least turn that into a shot….

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