Paraguay vs. Japan - 3pm - RTE2 and ITV1HD

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Last 16 Match 7
Loftus Versfeld, Tshwane/ Pretoria

Whoever wins this goes to the quarter finals for the 1st time in their countries history

_Bella_

I think Japan might just win this. They looked impressive in the group stages with a strong defense, cohesive unit and the ability to score, especially from dead ball situations

helimachoptor

Can only see Japan winning this

applehunter

Better tell the bookies cause they are rank outsiders in their eyes.

redout

_Bella_ wrote: »

I think Japan might just win this. They looked impressive in the group stages with a strong defense, cohesive unit and the ability to score, especially from dead ball situations

helimachoptor wrote: »

Can only see Japan winning this

Really ?

I would go with Paraguay - bookies seem to think the same.

DazMarz

Japan will struggle unless they get some nice dead ball situations near the Paraguayan box. Can't see them creating much from open play.

Paraguay to win this, 2-1 or so.

_Bella_

redout wrote: »

Really ?

I would go with Paraguay - bookies seem to think the same.

Bookies had England as favourites too...

noodler

DazMarz wrote: »

Japan will struggle unless they get some nice dead ball situations near the Paraguayan box. Can't see them creating much from open play.

Paraguay to win this, 2-1 or so.

Spoken like someone whose only previous knowledge of the Japanese national team was the Danish game last Thursday!

noodler

_Bella_ wrote: »

Bookies had England as favourites too...

Did they? No way!

Warper

Close game. I'd go for the draw.

CptMackey

Think this will be a very good game actually. Both teams are fairly evenly matched.
Think Japan might just do it

applehunter

_Bella_ wrote: »

Bookies had England as favourites too...

It was basically 7/4 the pair.

redout

_Bella_ wrote: »

Bookies had England as favourites too...

Well of course they did - the bookies you are referring to are english/irish and would have vast somes being placed on them.

DazMarz

Nope, I always liked Japan as a side, but I think that the Paraguayans have just shown they are quite a handy side. I don't think Japan will be able to get much off them. I could be proven quite wrong, but I just think that Japan will struggle from open play.

_Bella_

Teams: Paraguay: 1-Justo Villar; 14-Paulo Da Silva, 3-Claudio Morel, 13-Enrique Vera, 6-Carlos Bonet, 20-Nestor Ortigoza, 21-Antolin Alcaraz, 10-Edgar Benitez, 16-Cristian Riveros, 9-Roque Santa Cruz, 19-Lucas Barrios.

Japan: 21-Eiji Kawashima; 2-Yuki Abe, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Tulio, 3-Yuichi Komano; 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 16-Yo****o Okubo, 7-Yasuhito Endo, 17-Makoto Hasebe, 8-Daisuke Matsui, 18-Keisuke Honda.

Nuri Sahin

_Bella_ wrote: »

Teams: Paraguay: 1-Justo Villar; 14-Paulo Da Silva, 3-Claudio Morel, 13-Enrique Vera, 6-Carlos Bonet, 20-Nestor Ortigoza, 21-Antolin Alcaraz, 10-Edgar Benitez, 16-Cristian Riveros, 9-Roque Santa Cruz, 19-Lucas Barrios.

Japan: 21-Eiji Kawashima; 2-Yuki Abe, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Tulio, 3-Yuichi Komano; 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 16-Yo****o Okubo, 7-Yasuhito Endo, 17-Makoto Hasebe, 8-Daisuke Matsui, 18-Keisuke Honda.

So Paraguay dropping one striker. Clearly they want to make sure Japan won't beat them in the midfield battle. Have a feeling that it will be a boring game. But so long as Japan win(and all my bets coming through for me ) I'll be happy.

Pappy o' daniel

Extra time and penalties, I think.

That_Guy

Paraguay to win 2-0. Really don't think it'll be as close as some people tend to think.

Paraguay will be a tougher test than Denmark imo.

Wexler12

I really fancy Japan,

Great points from Eamon D on RTE there

Bob the Seducer

Got my Japan jersey on, hope they do it today!

_Bella_

Two upsets in the tennis today... will it be the same from the football?

Cypher_sounds

_Bella_ wrote: »

Two upsets in the tennis today... will it be the same from the football?

Did Kim lose in the end, i was watching it at 4-1 she lose that set too?

Honda is very quick imo

That_Guy

That Paraguay jersey is beautiful.

Bob the Seducer

That_Guy wrote: »

That Paraguay jersey is beautiful.

To quote an internet meme, this is why we can't have nice things...

_Bella_

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Did Kim lose in the end, i was watching it at 4-1 she lose that set too?

Honda is very quick imo

Yes both her an venus are out

applehunter

Japan are very poor so far.

Frisbee

applehunter wrote: »

Japan are very poor so far.

Both team are.

That Barrios chance is the first decent thing to happen.

keano_afc

Very unlucky, cracking effort.

smackbunnybaby

No left foot on Barrios.

_Bella_

What a shot there so close!

pierrot

Seems to be a shoot on sight policy for Japan, take advantage of the jabulani

That_Guy

Really poor game thus far.

Stevecw

Brutal game so far, but I'm happy enough as I went for a 0-0. Kinda expected this type of game.

pickarooney

Match is muck, unsurprisingly. After a brief blip where the quality improved slightly we're back to more of this turgid fare. I don't think I give a ѕhit about what happens in the rest of this tournament. Spain-Portugal promises to be 90 minutes of cheating and crying.

Pauleta

ITV Commentator

"Its Nil Nil, Very Nil Nil"

Podge2k7

Poor first half.

Savman

Crap game, as expected. Just hope someone scores in the next 45mins and puts both teams and us spectators out of our misery.

Although in saying that, nothin' like a good peno shootout

Whatever happens, I'd think either team will be delighted reaching Quarter Finals losing to a Spain or a Portugal (who I reckon will beat either team with ease).

dolliemix

I'm disappointed because I thought Japan were on fire in their last match against Denmark.

I thought they would be the fairy tale of this World cup

keano_afc

Havent seen a good shoot-out in ages, come on the 0-0.

That_Guy

dolliemix wrote: »

I'm disappointed because I thought Japan were on fire in their last match against Denmark.

I thought they would be the fairy tale of this World cup

To be fair, Denmark looked absolutely clueless. Japan seem content to take long range shots and aren't offering all that much.

Same goes with Paraguay. Someone needs to take the game by the scruff of the neck and fast.

DazMarz

Woeful, awful, horrible game...

Extra time and penos the way this is going...:(:mad:

eagle eye

Paraguay have one of the best defenses in the tournament, I really think they can beat anyone but I don't understand RSC having this free roll. I just don't get why they have a small guy through the middle when a big guy appears a much better options against a defense that clearly has issues in the air.

I'd expect to see Cardoso at some stage unless he is in really bad shape.

UnitedIrishman

Ths is a shockingly bad game, any chance both can go out? Please?

keano_afc

Anyone else's stream on eurovisionsports just gone? Maybe the satellite fell asleep.

_Bella_

Thats it, I'm switching to Wimbledon!

Podge2k7

Such a shíte game:(

flahavaj

The Flah's USELESS fact of the day; Japanese playmaker Keisuke Honda's cousin is a professional wrestler of some note from Japan, Tamon Honda.

So there.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Sh!t will hit the fan when the media pick up on the fact Gerry Ryan faked his death to manage Paraguay. :eek:

pickarooney

My stream died but I can't even be arsed pressing F5.

Podge2k7

That cross there sums up the game really

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Because Jim Beglin is Irish not British:rolleyes:

LOL don't get so worked up over it. Do you vote Sinn Fein?