The Red Diamonds are Saitama’s team, the city of bonsai. So much profession and flashes of quality: the Nerazzurri cannot make a mistake in the after equal to the debut
It was supposed to be a toast with excellent Saké, but the challenge of Saturday 21 June – Southern Seattle, 9 pm Italians – has changed flavor: if Inter received a blow of Katana from the Aurawa Red Diamonds, then the Club World Cup could be compromised in full. There is a big difference in technical values compared to the Nerazzurri, however capable of climbing the Champions League to the final, and Saitama’s team has just taken from 3 from River, yet the Japanese have run, enthusiasm and some talented stains here and there.
Varowa History
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They say that Saitama is the perfect place to discover the real Japan, just 30 minutes by train north of Tokyo: rivers of commuters every day reach the large metropolis, but the city is famous for its bonsai. Now, the local team is capturing attention abroad also thanks to the World Cup to which it qualified with success in the AFC Champions League: she won the double final played in May 2023 against Al Hilal. Yes, the team that chose Simone Inzaghi as a technician for 25 million a year. In their history, the Uwa Red Diamonds were champions of Japan 5 times, but they only won on one occasion (in 2006) the J1 League, the professional championship created in 1992. They also participated in the old club world championship three times and in the 2007 edition they have already crossed Italy and Milan: semi-final lost with Milan, 1-0 with goals from Seedorf. At home, the championship is played from February to December: the Rossi di Saitama currently occupy the third position with 34 points in 21 games, -6 from the Kashima Antlers, which also have two less games.
the urawa and the Polish question
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The Captain of the Urawa in the challenge to River – seems in good faith – has not tightened his rivals, while Chivu will tighten it without problems for a great friend of one of his players: Maciej Skorża is the Polish coach who returned to the helm of the Japanese in August 2024 after an eight month break. Previously, he had already trained the club between November 2022 and January 2024, and there had taken the Champions League who changed the recent history to Saitama. With him, the Urawa aim to find a certain defensive stability and, meanwhile, the good Skorza has already expressed its obvious Nerazzurri preference: “Zielinski is a player capable of doing extraordinary things”, he has already said on the eve of the world championship. Too bad that Piotr jumps the whole group and on Saturday he will sit in the stands, but he could still emerge the compatriot Zaleski at the race in the race.
ratowa quality
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For the rest, the technician added a little Latin talent in the Rising Sun: Eye, for example, in Matheus Savio, the 28 -year -old Brazilian midfielder ex Flamengo is a threat when he can fit, not surprisingly he was in the J. League Best XI of the last year. Danilo Boza, another Brazilian, was a key purchase from Juventudes: he would have the task of sealing a defensive line, which appeared rather fragile against the Millonarios Argentini. Next to him, the colleague-captain Marius Hoibraten, a Norwegian he found a house in Japan. And that he took, despite himself, the showcase in the first lost game: before the match against River Plate, he passed in front of all his opponents without greeting them, leaving them buried and displaced (euphemism, someone did not take it well). His explanation was very particular at the end: “I was confused, I didn’t want”. To want to believe him, it seems that he did not understand the ceremonial Fifa for the competition.
The Irawa idol
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The most loved player at home is, however, the eternal Shusaku Nishikawa: the 37 -year -old veteran has a certain familiarity with this stage, having participated in three cups of the world for club. Ryoma Watanabe, on the other hand, is the most fit striker, the one who will look for Acerbi and sticks: after returning from the injury in late March, was the key factor for the spring resumption of the Aurawa, climbing third after having won only one of the first seven games. Yusuke Matsuo, another little star of Skorza and author of the penalty that allowed the reds to shorten the distances with River has instead already warned Inter: “Now we will change marches …”.
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