[theskinnygirl]

Hi.

I'm a pretty new soccer fan , and I was wondering which team tends to be "better" in the past...?
From what I've seen so far (this year, the two teams korea and japan are about the same level...)
All I know is that Brazil pretty much owns at soccer...

Also , Im watching the japan vs brazil match right now, and does japan suck that much or is it because they are playing against brazil? bc japan can't really seem to keep posession of the ball..

[fyren]

Japan is...pretty bad.

On top of that, they got the draw with brazil.

Its 4:1 right now...

[AkuRoku]

I was happy that Japan scored first but..They have no chance now T_T

I just hope Korea will do good

[DumboEphant]

My hopes were high when Japan first scored. Everybody was ancipating that Japan would be thrashed argh. I think the Japan team is not physically prepared to battle with the humid weather there

Let's hope that Korea would do us Asia countries proud

We cant judge who's better cause sometimes had to do with the grouping. But I reckon Japan tends to be better in the past. For present, I would not dare to say so but they got first placing for the Asia soccer cup from what Ive heard However, Korea are very fast at improving themselves

[ddonq]

korea duh

japan had no chance in advancing to the next round.
fifa's ranking this so overrates japan, they are 18;
while korea is like 29th. --;

[Merman]

Japan had a tough group..but Korea is slightly better this world cup and have a good chance to advance

[crackednut]

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fifa's rankings are donkey crud

japan is not all that bad...it just seems like they really sucked because they were playing brazil
they do have an awesome goalkeep, I think...and their defense is pretty good

I haven't seen many recent korea games, so I can't comment on them

[theskinnygirl]

^ but, but japan's game today was quite bad. Their defense doesn't seem so impressive judging from today either.

[fyren]

you do realize that 20 some odd brazilian players were in european league.

As oppose to Japan's 5 or 6, the rest just played in J-league.

It all comes down to experience and Brazil is not lacking in that area at all.

[Mugen]

Japan has weak aerial attack/defense. They lack tall defenders except for a few.

And they are also placed in a hard group table.

Which team is better? I'd say they can split it.

[fyren]

Japan has weak aerial attack/defense. They lack tall defenders except for a few.

And they are also placed in a hard group table.

Which team is better? I'd say they can split it.

I would have expected a loss if we were stuck in that group;

If brazil played like it did today, and korea were in the same position as japan; Probably the same outcome- although not as bad as 4:1.

[queena]

i agree japan is physically not in the best possible shape... and they dont have a stable defense... i mean the game today... there were no defenders there to challenge some of those shots...

korea... i dunno they are getting better for sure... but even though i LOVE my home team... uh... they seem to get very lucky dont they... hahaha...

but they are both good... better than china... ahhahaa!! (no offense to anyone...)

[fyren]

i agree japan is physically not in the best possible shape... and they dont have a stable defense... i mean the game today... there were no defenders there to challenge some of those shots...

korea... i dunno they are getting better for sure... but even though i LOVE my home team... uh... they seem to get very lucky dont they... hahaha...

but they are both good... better than china... ahhahaa!! (no offense to anyone...)

This is so funny. I was drinking on the rooftop last night with my closest friend who is chinese. We started talking about world cup and it is true that china hasn't produced a feasible soccer team yet

But China is probably the only asian affliation that produced/ will produce future NBA players. Yao ming comes to mind.

Also the fact that Michael Jordan and Lebron James only visited China in asia tells you something else.

During AND1 international tourneys and world wide domination tourneys, only china gets involved. Their street ball skill is just off the radar as well.

But we do have the world cup and '02 will forever be etched in WC history. So kudos to both countries.

[Golden Zeta Gundam]

last world Cup Aus was mostly cheering for Korea and Turkey

Sydney City went fcukin Nuts when Korea won their games

[SOLO]

Against other teams i'd say they're pretty equal but Korea is a little better in my eyes.

Against each other, Korea definately has the edge. Korea's record against Japan is 18-10-5

[autuymnrain]

japan's goalie is awesome though,.

[Little Miss Snackwrap]

Yeah uhhh they lost to the USA... so they're in preeeetty bad shape =X

[InSong]

korea > japan

thats all i am saying

[coolsmurf]

japan was good in the past, but korea has suddenly caught up and pretty much on top now

[ddonq]

well u gotta realize that japan didnt qualify into the world cup until 1998...