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J.League Scouting & 🇯🇵 ⚽️ ✍🏼 @ "Shogun Soccer" newsletter! (#LFC, #FCTokyo | 💻🛠️ #rstats | Ex ⚽️ @ 11tegen11)
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🆕 Shogun Soccer Scouting #19: Rion Ichihara, Part 2! 🇯🇵⚽️🔍

- Deep dive into his physical & cognitive traits that make him dominant in aerial duels ✈️
- Some concerns with speed/judgment in high line/block 🤔

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

#市原吏音 #JLeague #AZAlkmaar
Shogun Soccer Scouting #19: Rion Ichihara (Part 2)
Another look at the potential star Center Back, two years on.
www.shogunsoccer.com
Consadole Sapporo got blown up by Iwaki FC's man-to-man pressing but in the (very few...) times they managed to attack, I did like Hiromu Tanaka. Some good runs on the Left to create what little danger Sapporo did create.
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
wait , Sanfrecce EQUALIZED!?!? 2-2!!
February 17, 2026 at 11:56 AM
pretty much a B~C team from Kobe

Muto, Osako, Maekawa, Thuler not even on the bench (probably left at home)
February 17, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Tete Yengi having an absolute party against Chengdu's hapless defense...
February 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM
yeah, surprised at how Hiroshi Omori has looked so far for Okayama ,, only played in J3 up to now. At the very least doesn't look out of place at the J1 level.

Like Kota Kudo, Okayama's scouting seem good at being able to project/scale performances to a higher level of play
ここまでやれるのか。大森博は「能力が高いから全部を守れてしまう」。ファジアーノ岡山新加入CBのルーツは中学時代に【コラム】
ファジアーノ岡山は2月14日、明治安田J1百年構想リーグ地域リーグラウンド第2節でサンフレッチェ広島と対戦し、1-1で突入したPK戦を5-4で落とした。これで開幕戦に続き、2試合連続でPK戦での敗戦となった岡山だが、明るい材料もある。J3
www.footballchannel.jp
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Japan is going to have so many sick soccer-specific stadiums by the mid/late 2030s! 🔥🔥

Should dovetail nicely with JFA's plans to host an Asian Cup or World Cup in the 2030s~2040s
news.at-s.com/article/1910...
清水エスパルス本拠地のスタジアム整備 静岡市、最有力地の製油所跡地取得で合意 7ヘクタール、41億円|静岡新聞DIGITAL 静岡県のニュース
静岡市がJリーグ1部(J1)清水エスパルス本拠地となるサッカースタジアム整備の最有力地としているJR清水駅東口のENEOS(エネオス)清水製油所跡地について、…
news.at-s.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Ideological labels do not explain everything, but we should be clear about the intellectual tradition from which Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae emerged.

open.substack.com/pub/observin...
Takaichi Sanae is who she is
What matters is, as always, how she navigates between ideals and reality
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Haven't watched the game yet but why in the world is Shiogai being played at LW & have Diomande run rings around him. Bizarre way to use him.
February 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Some truly woeful penalties in the Gamba vs. Nagoya shoot out... 🫣
February 15, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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When they ask me why I insisted on writing the Dockerfile for the model deployment
February 15, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Captain Tsubasa come to life 😂
February 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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Maciej Skorza on the 8+ minute VAR check:

"This is an unusual situation. I have to admit, I have not seen the play, but I trust VAR. I presume that this is the right decision. During this break, we were trying to (keep) our players (moving), because eight minutes is quite a long time..."
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 AM
turning into FC Penalties at this point but who cares 😂
February 14, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Yessss Yamadaa
1-1
February 14, 2026 at 7:59 AM
VAR is taking nearly TEN minutes for this Urawa goal/non-goal
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 AM
FC Tokyo’s set piece defending really has not changed since last season

Two games in a row now btw 🙃
February 14, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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Bumper crowd for #FCTokyo vs. #UrawaReds today. #jleague
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Kashima Antlers vs. Yokohama F. Marinos on Youtube #JLeague Livestream. Kicking off right about now!

www.youtube.com/live/BLw87UZ...
LIVE | Kashima Antlers vs Yokohama F・Marinos | MEIJI YASUDA J1 100 YEAR VISION LEAGUE | MW 2
YouTube video by J.LEAGUE International
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February 14, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Muto's goal vs. FC Seoul is absurd. He wins the ball in Kobe's defensive 3rd off a throw-in, drives up the entire length of the pitch without pressure as FCS's DF just keeps backing off. He enters the box & just casually pings it into the far-corner... 🥴
February 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I really doubt it's going to be the same Japan U21 squad tbh. Our squad last time (2022) was mostly university players & then random young J1~J2 bench players (that wouldn't have much of a shot of making the real squad).
Lee Min-sung will be coaching the same team, with the KFA's promised "upgraded" players, against the same exact Japanese U21s he couldn't defeat in Saudi Arabia. This is the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, so Japan will now be the HOME team.

Who is to say that Lee Min-sung can beat them this time?
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Kento Hamasaki now on vs. V-Varen Nagasaki with 15 mins to go
Kento Hamasaki played the entire 2nd Half for Vissel Kobe... well add yet another game for me to watch then lol
February 13, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Ren Komatsu still has not scored a league goal for Kobe...
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Just the errr… Zero shots for V-Varen Nagasaki at Half Time…
February 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Golazoo by Gotoku Sakai

Yeeesh just smashed a volley from outside the box

Kobe 1-0 VV Nagasaki
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM