On a balmy Tuesday evening in Chiba, a somewhat "understrength" Samurai Blue lineup engraved their names in history with a new Japan record for the most goals scored in a FIFA "A" match.
Read more: Japan-Mongolia 210330The Samurai Blue played South Korea off the pitch, on Thursday evening, in one of the best TEAM performances that we have seen in close to a decade.
Read more: Japan-Korea 210325Japan's Olympic Team made their Prime Time debut on Saturday, in chilly Nagasaki. The Young Samurai set the pitch alight, and gave fans a pleasant winter dream for the coming New Year.
Read more: Japan-Jamaica 191228The Samurai Blue played Cameroon to a scoreless draw in Utrecht, on Friday afternoon local time. It was a competent performance, but certainly nothing to stir the pulse.
Read more: Japan-Cameroon 201009The Samurai Blue continued their experiments at the East Asian Cup, trotting out a host of debutants for the match against Hong Kong. The final result flatters them slightly, but the prospective Tokyo Olympians coasted to victory on a hat trick by Samurai Blue newcomer Koki Ogawa.
Read more: Japan-Hongkong 191214The Young Samurai Blue started the year 2020 with an abject performance and a loss against Saudi Arabia. So should we be worried?
Read more: Japan-Saudi 200110The East Asian Cup opened on Tuesday evening, with a host of fresh new faces for the Samurai Blue faithful to run the rule over. The best new debutante of all was not a player, although most J.League fans have come to know it very well over the past decade.
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