France 1-2 Japan - London 2012 Olympic Women's Football, Semi-Final (6th August 2012)
France face Japan in the London 2012 Olympic women's football semi-final at Wembley Stadium on Monday 6th August 2012, (17:00 local time).
In the first of the two exciting semi-final fixtures, Olympic debutants France will take on the world champions Nadeshiko Japan.
Both France and Japan finished runners-up in their groups at the London 2012 women's football tournament, France went on to beat Sweden in the quarter-final at Hampden Park, they came from 1-0 down to win 2-1. Japan's quarter-final match was against Brazil at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium a goal in each half secured the victory for the world champions.
In a pre-Olympic friendly match the pair met in Paris where France beat Japan 2-0. Although you can not take much from this international friendly, it may have an effect on the teams when they meet again.
With so much at stake in this semi-final, a win will guarantee the team a chance to compete for a gold medal, how will the teams approach this contest. Will we see the beautiful football we know both these teams can produce, or will their be an air of caution from the two sides.
No matter what happens, it's going to be great to see France and Japan compete at Wembley Stadium and it will be a wonderful experience for the players... Lets hope every effort is made to make sure that Wembley is full of spectators!
| France Starting Line-up | Japan Starting Line-up |
Bouhaddi, |
Fukumoto, |
Take a look at both teams full London 2012 Olympic Women's Football squad, France / Japan
Officials:
Referee - ALVARADO Quetzalli (MEX),
Assistant Referee 1 - CHAVEZ Mayte (MEX),
Assistant Referee 2 - PERELLO Shirley (HON),
4th Official - di IORIO Jesica (ARG)
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France 1-2 Japan
(Ogimi 32', Sakaguchi 49', Le Sommer 76')
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Tags: 2012, 6th, August, Football, France, Japan, London, Nadeshiko, Olympic, Semi-Final, More…
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Permalink Reply by ARwa Alshareef on -
France france france
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Permalink Reply by Gromit on -
Today's article in L'Equipe. The headline means : "Not here for a laugh".
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Permalink Reply by Gromit on
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The French team arriving at Luton airport, coming from Glasgow. A whole hour and a half in bus followed to reach the Olympic Village due to London traffic.
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Permalink Reply by Women's Soccer United on -
Fantastic, thanks Gromit
Gromit said:Today's edition of Le Parisien :
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Permalink Reply by David Peak on
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Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, were ejected from the Olympics for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw. Why mention this?
Because, it would appear that Sasaki instructed his Japanese team in their match against South Africa to not go for the win – they got the draw. A not dissimilar situation to the badminton players. His statements after the match did not appear convincing when questioned about the game – yet he praised his players for following his instructions. Sweden topped the group and not Japan.
In the quarter-finals Sweden went out to France and Japan progressed against Brazil.
I didn't see this game so I don't know how it looked to the spectators... but South Africa have spirit and little else. Japan, however, are one of the world's very best sides. Draw your own conclusions.
I do sympathise with the badminton players if they were following instructions. They are going home and their coaches aren't
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Permalink Reply by Women's Soccer United on
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Yeah it was revealed that Sasaki wanted a draw from that game, check out this discussion
I think that the motive was not to avoid a specific opponent but to be able to stay in Cardiff rather than have to travel again to another location, we know the travelling was a nightmare for the Brazil team lol
David Peak said:Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, were ejected from the Olympics for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw. Why mention this?
Because, it would appear that Sasaki instructed his Japanese team in their match against South Africa to not go for the win – they got the draw. A not dissimilar situation to the badminton players. His statements after the match did not appear convincing when questioned about the game – yet he praised his players for following his instructions. Sweden topped the group and not Japan.
In the quarter-finals Sweden went out to France and Japan progressed against Brazil.
I didn't see this game so I don't know how it looked to the spectators... but South Africa have spirit and little else. Japan, however, are one of the world's very best sides. Draw your own conclusions.
I do sympathise with the badminton players if they were following instructions. They are going home and their coaches aren't
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Permalink Reply by Gromit on
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This controversy is totally vain, to my eyes. We already talked about it here, even with a dedicated discussion. As Gina just said, the Japan's reason was not "chose" its future opponent but to stay in Cardiff. To put suspicion to the World's most fair-play team is really strange. So, why are people not infuriated about some runners (including Bolt) or swimmers who don't run or swim their qualifying series at full speed, often prefering to finish 2nd in order to spare their energy or just to "hide" their real shape ? I'd like to see all the people criticizing and judging from their lounge what they would do if they were themselves part of the Olympic Games and competing for a Medal... What would be their tactics ?
The only question is : do they cheat or don't they ? Japan's team has not cheated in anyway and not provoked any other team's elimination. The British Cyclist who fell on purpose on the track cheated. Everybody saw him and he said it himself. But GB is host country. The cyclist went on with its team and won the Gold medal, was acclaimed and on paper's covers. Anything to say about it ?
Please, let's put an end to this shameful suspicion about Japan's team !
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Permalink Reply by Gromit on
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I think that it hasn't been said it here yet, but let's notice that Japan is the only country which has its two teams in Football Olympics tournaments SF with teh Nadeshiko and the Samourai...
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Permalink Reply by Hiroshi Umezu on -
I will be in front of TV with my microbrowser-equipped cellular phone. Therefore, I will be unable to keep you posted every step of the way.
The following Nadeshiko players are going to be in the starting lineup in today's match against France's women's national soccer team, or Les Bleuesin French:
GK: Miho Fukumoto (#1: 28y/o: Okayama Yunogo Belle Club)
DF: Yukari Kinga (#2: 28y/o: INAC Kobe Leonessa), Azusa Iwashimizu (#3: 25y/o: NTV Beleza), Saki Kumagai (#4: 21y/o: 1. FFC Frankfurt), Aya Sameshima (#5: 25y/o: Vegalta Sendai Ladies)
MF: Mizuho Sakaguchi (#6: 24y/o: NTV Beleza), Aya Miyama (Captain) (#8: 27y/o: Okayama Yunogo Belle Club), Nahomi Kawasumi (#9: 26y/o: INAC Kobe Leonessa), Homare Sawa (#10: 33y/o: INAC Kobe Leonessa)
FW: Yūki Ōgimi (#17: 25y/o: 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam), Shinobu Ohno (#11: 28y/o: INAC Kobe Leonessa)
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Permalink Reply by Gromit on
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French team : 18-Sarah BOUHADDI ; 7-Corine FRANCO, 4-Laura GEORGES, 2-Wendie RENARD, 8-Sonia BOMPASTOR ; 6-Sandrine SOUBEYRAND (cap.), 15-Elise BUSSAGLIA ; 12-Elodie THOMIS, 14-Louisa NECIB, 17-Gaëtane THINEY ; 11-Marie-Laure DELIE. Entr.: Bruno BINI
Non utilisées : 1-Céline DEVILLE, 3-Laure BOULLEAU, 5-Ophélie MEILLEROUX, 9-Eugénie LE SOMMER, 10-Camille ABILY, 13-Laure BOULLEAU, 16-Sabrina VIGUIER
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Permalink Reply by Gromit on
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Thanks Hiroshi ! Today's the day ^_ ^
I'll try to keep the update. You know that I'm both France's and Japan's supporter, so I'll try to be neutral in my expressions, you can trust me. :o)
Hiroshi Umezu said:I will be in front of TV with my microbrowser-equipped cellular phone. Therefore, I will be unable to keep you posted every step of the way.
The following Nadeshiko players are going to be in the starting lineup in today's match against France's women's national soccer team, or Les Bleues in French:
GK: Miho Fukumoto (#1: 28y/o: Okayama Yunogo Belle Club)
DF: Yukari Kinga (#2: 28y/o: INAC Kobe Leonessa), Azusa Iwashimizu (#3: 25y/o: NTV Beleza), Saki Kumagai (#4: 21y/o: 1. FFC Frankfurt), Aya Sameshima (#5: 25y/o: Vegalta Sendai Ladies)
MF: Mizuho Sakaguchi (#6: 24y/o: NTV Beleza), Aya Miyama (Captain) (#8: 27y/o: Okayama Yunogo Belle Club), Nahomi Kawasumi (#9: 26y/o: INAC Kobe Leonessa), Homare Sawa (#10: 33y/o: INAC Kobe Leonessa)
FW: Yūki Ōgimi (#17: 25y/o: 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam), Shinobu Ohno (#11: 28y/o: INAC Kobe Leonessa)
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