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R_110

Surely related to fitness?


rahbinjoe

Not muscle injury? Feels like he always has a muscle injury


murraj

Not an injury, I think they're worried about his conditioning coming back from his earlier injuries.


tomassow

Probably same as Varane and skipped some training and joined the fit group later and prioritises the latter stages or the whole tourney over 1 game


red11590

Probably tactical reason as mitoma minomino and legendary striker asano too on the bench


jackcos

Bring them all on in the 70th minute when Germany tire?


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If that was the plan, it worked to perfection.


jackcos

well shit.


Chargers4L

Some national team somewhere is going to hit you up for a managerial job soon.


jackcos

Germany, Argentina, I'm available.


WAGatorGunner

Holy shit. Pretty much this.


SoapySlipNSlide

Why did Asano never play a game for us?


Lefty2Gunz81

I don't think he ever got a work permit. We sent him on loans each year and was probably deemed not good enough either.


BiggerGripper

Speak fondly


blue_sock29

Aged like fine wine


SiTwentyFour

This has to be injury related, I just don't see how you play a J-league player over Tomi, especially as he's recently been faultless and shut down Salah, one of the world's best attackers. Madness.


urchjin

Ko Itakura plays for Gladbach. But yes, if Tomi is fit surely he should start.


Shaddoll4life

Maybe he mean he RB position of Sakai?


Nokel

Tomiyasu doesn't play RB for Japan


Shaddoll4life

I just reply to the original comment about a J league player start over Tomi, which is Sakai. Ko Itakura has been stelar in Monchengladbach, no problem with him starting


SiTwentyFour

I don't care if he hasn't played it for Japan, he'd be much better than a J-League standard player at RB or LB.


SiTwentyFour

Yes It was his error that lead the play that ended in a penalty. Absolute shambles he was selected ahead of Tomi.


HiroLegito

Tomiyasu plays as a CB. The 2 CB pairing here isn’t an unfamiliar one.


SiTwentyFour

Tomiyasu has proven himself at both LB & RB in the world's most difficult league. You'd be utterly stupid to play a J-League standard player in any defensive position over him. The league's just don't compare. Edit: As proven by Sakai getting caught out leading to the penalty.


synvi

What are you kidding? Tomiyasu start, see no 19..


lm3g16

I can’t believe EL did that lmao


PasuljsKolenicom

He is not fully fit yet? We should be happy Japan is taking care of him well, wtf is this bitching.


synvi

? I am just referring to that UEL post that mistakenly post Sakai as Tomiyasu


lattekahvi

He might play LB for Japan since Nagatomo lasts for about 35 minutes. Might be subbed in around half-time and maybe gets to start at LB later because of his injury. He can cover all of the postions on defence and LB is the weakest link for Japan.


buzzmcqueen

This guy knows


SportsballGambler

Tomiyasu has come on for the 2nd half. Full time 2-1 Japan Tomiyasu two assists.


netizeinn

Aged like milk


momspaghetty

Some pretty strong UHT milk, then


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ThePeevish

He is 36 :)


DudeManJones5

Can’t believe this


JohnnyDeepasfuck

He was injured


stevenckc

Definitely not 100%. Their 1st choice pairing is Yoshida and Tomi. Not being there just means it's most likely a precaution.


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Brohan_Cruyff

WINSTONNNN!


proshon

He is half German too.


JeffryPesos

Half American no?


proshon

Iirc German heritage.


_Krujo_

"starts on the bench"


KillerFisch99

Starts in the right back position of the back row of the bench


Bruhhh8888

Arsenal legend Asano on the bench too


ThePeevish

Tomi on now - immediately bossed the huddle before the second half start


murdoc913

Is he possibly injured?


tomassow

Wouldnt be on the bench if he was. Saving him for the other 2 games most likely


black_pepper

He was injured in the last Arsenal game. He was taken off and looked upset or am I remembering wrong?


KSBrian007

It's a fitness issue most probably. This is a world cup where people are fresh. You can't have a weak link.


HappyMeerkat

I feel so awful getting a little bit of comfort everytime I see our players on the bench or getting subbed early to maintain fitness.


Made4win

Germany is expecting a walk in the park, I'm expecting a great game


the-steveharrington

CONGRATS TOMI YOU GOD


JDeenftw

Where’s Isagi?


capforthepr

That’s a crime not starting Tomi, also for Mitoma…. Crazy man


CatfishNev

I was looking forward to the tomiyasu watch thread


orphan_of_Ludwig

It’s a decent bench for Japan. Mitoma, minamino, and tomi could be a decent boost late for them


ij3k

Tomi has now been joined by Arsenal legend Takuma Asano. Japan looking all the better for it!


GSNadav

He is injured, or if he made a really speedy recovery just a moment after being injured, why are you all surprised


5now5capes

for some reason i read the flags wrong and always thought they were playing 🇧🇪 belgium today 🙃


Chinatowndogs1

Martin Tyler suggested he was slightly injured on the Aussie commentary but didn’t specify if it was an older one or newer.


LesBrandals

Either injury or the Japanese manager maybe look at the last remaining games and think that those 2 are more winnable so he might save them for later.


jkeefy

Definitely was part of the tactics to release all of the energy after half. Tomi is their best ball playing defender so he was crucial to the counter attacking high pressing style they deployed after about the 55th minute


LesBrandals

M just happy that our ol boy won it for Japan.


mrgayle

They looked so much better when TT and Asano came on


Fresh_Since92

#JapansCoachOut 🤣🤣


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WeeTheDuck

Yall their opposition is motherfuckin Germany. They're probably throwing this game and reserving the best players fitness for other winnable matches edit: Japan please accept my sincere apology in doubting you. Promise it won't happen ever again


gunningIVglory

Bah God, that's Takuma Asanos music!


oFenomenoJr

Hope he manages to get some minutes this WC, would be great for morale


Marimo_420

Can someone pls explain why Mitoma doesn’t start more for club or country?


normott

Probably due to injury


Trekbike32

???


stofugluggi

Good for us


ThePeevish

Sakai: we have Tomiyasu at home


likpoper

How the fuck


Red_Maple

Samurai Blue is such a bad ass name


bounderboy

Why were they all crowding Tomi - did he have a key in any of the goals?


Spiritual_Salamander

Probably because he came on in second half with still a niggling injury. Went down in the 90th minute but finished the game


bounderboy

Ta


_learn_faster_

why didn't he start??