Listen, it takes guts to call your own number, as we in the U.S. say.
That’s what Ayase Ueda did with his 31st minute strike, refusing to flick the ball onto one of his team-mates in the box and instead taking on Tunisia goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen from long range.
Maybe Ueda was inspired by what he saw from Sweden’s Yasin Ayari in Tunisia’s World Cup opener, but it’s worth noting Ayari’s stunning double came at the expense of a different Tunisia keeper.
Namely, Mouhib Chamakh, dropped by new manager Herve Renard for tonight — seemingly in an attempt to avoid further embarrassment like this. No such luck.
AloJapan.com