mukina2: kagawa nice ball .. maida's header direct to buffon

wow a very good chance for Japan ooooo

optimus-prime1:
Kagawa really standing up to the Japanese high expectations... Nice try Kagawa

OmoEziokwu: Nice shot Kagawa

yhemster: KAGAWA is on SUPERCHARGER

dayokanu: Later person go say he no see Kagawa o.

Abi the Italian team is not strong and physical enough

coogar:

kagawa is a very intelligent player....
if we know how to pass the ball better, he is a wonderful tool to have. put one touch passers next to him and the rest is smooth sailing!

dayokanu:

To some people until a player is built like Hulk Hogan he isnt a player.

Left to elampiro he would never play Ozil,as long as he has Heskey and Keywyne Jones with the physicality

Man Utd should sell Kagawa and buy Adebayo Akinfenwa below



KAGAWA strikes again. This go pain some people o. Abi Italy no dey physical enough

dayokanu: Later person go say he no see Kagawa o.

Abi the Italian team is not strong and physical enough

dayokanu: So was it that the Italians were not physical enough that made Kagawa shine?

elampiro:

Not only Kagawa played well but all Japanese players. Honda was their best man of the night. Kagawa did well on the left which many people said was responsible for his United flop.

Now to answer your question, the Italians played an unusual pattern different from their normal game. They played a slow possessional football and also gave so much space. They were unexpectedly 0-2 down no thanks to bad officiating resulting to a controversial penalty, that alone was enough to cause nervousness to the Italians. The game was not physical or fast paced at all. No EPL team plays that way.

dademola: i didnt see d match, so i cant really say anyfn about his performance, bt bros, u keep talking about hw physical d EPL is, and hw tsnt suited for kagawa. Hw can u just jump to such a conclusion afta just one season?? Like sme pple pointed out to u earlier.. Wot about dem oscar, mata, silva, etc?? To me, kagawa can be our own david silva; our play dictator, cos, like cooger pointed out, he is an inteligent player!! Playmakers r usually more intelligent dan hw strong dey r physically,bro. He doesnt really nid to add weight, i think what he nids is to adapt more to d intensity of d EPL.

RuuDie: I hope Rooney is watching.

If he thinks he is "irreplaceable" - he better think again.

@ Elampiro, Kagawa didn't play on the left. He was given a free role and could drift any which way but Zaccheroni also utilised him as an "overload" on that LHS.

elampiro:

You people are getting me wrong. I said he didn't cope well in fast paced and physical matches. I was even more on the fast paced. Oscar,Hazard, Silva, Ramires, etc have more pace, power and force to their games. You could see Kagawa went through once yesterday and couldn't advance further with force beyond the defender's reach. A chicharito, Nani, Oscar, Rooney wouldn't have been blocked again.

Again, as I pointed out, it was a slow match with each side trying out possessions. Japanese did better, not just Kagawa alone. The enire Japan team and individual players had a decent outing.

Finally, Kagawa played just like this in our preseason maches last year and flopped in the EPL. I am still watching. I am a fan of all our players, but I make judgment based on what I see and not what to expect.

StarBoard: elampiro jumping from pillar to post.
Now looking for statements to stop his leaky faucet of a mouth to justify his gaffe on Kagawa.
Let Moyes give him the free role he had at Dortmund, and we'll see how good Rooney really is.
Kagawa is an excellent player. Fergie had no idea on how to deploy him.

elampiro:

You people are getting me wrong. I said he didn't cope well in fast paced and physical matches. I was even more on the fast paced. Oscar,Hazard, Silva, Ramires, etc have more pace, power and force to their games. You could see Kagawa went through once yesterday and couldn't advance further with force beyond the defender's reach. A chicharito, Nani, Oscar, Rooney wouldn't have been blocked again.

Again, as I pointed out, it was a slow match with each side trying out possessions. Japanese did better, not just Kagawa alone. The enire Japan team and individual players had a decent outing.

Finally, Kagawa played just like this in our preseason maches last year and flopped in the EPL. I am still watching. I am a fan of all our players, but I make judgment based on what I see and not what to expect.

dademola: silva has more pace and power?? I wanna believe u're talking about wots happening in ur PES or FIFA!!

elampiro:

Over 80% of Kagawa's game yesterday was on the left.

elampiro:

What is the pillar to post here? He has only been good at possessional football. Which EPL team will give you the space Japanese had yesterday? Only QPR and our United give such space to opponents to operate. Was Kagawa the best Japenese player? No. Perhaps we could as well import all Japenese players and give them free roles.

Cleverly had problems, blame SAF. Adndrson has problems, blame SAF, Nani and Kagawa have problems blame SAF, Chicharito has problems blame SAF. Yet SAF is the best coach in the world and won the EPL easily with his ideas. What is free role? Who has a free role in current United teams? Kagawa was even on the left yesterday, even one legged Valencia can still be find in the middle. Only Nani seemed to have free role in United.

RuuDie:

What does it matter... He was the "free" midfielder in the "hole" behind the striker and could go just about anywhere, not the out-n-out left winger.
He dinked in peach of a cross early in the game from the left, pulled a save out of Buffon with a shot from the central midfield and scored from a "right-centralish" position.

As I noted earlier, he mostly went out left to act as an "overload" and skew the shape of the italian defence somewhat!

RuuDie:

The "free role" is the position Rooney's been given lately and has been doing remarkably piss poorly at!

elampiro:

Kagawa played same role as Rooney for United in many matches and he flopped. He was also the one given the Rooney's role in Madrid.

coded guy:

Why don't you give credit to Kagawa for upping his game against the italians and even discrediting your views about his game, instead you are giving excuses like the the italians practically allowed him(kagawa) to shine. If he had had a stinker of a game you will be the first to point out how he would be a flop assuming the role of your beloved Rooney in UNITED.

To justify your love for Rooney you amplify his efforts in the NT as a player of immense quality, but when Kagawa does same for his NT its that the opposition gave him leeway.

Rooney should realise that there is competition for positions and only his improve performance will guaranty him a starting place regardless of his weekly wage.

SailorXY: @Coogar pls can u get a gif of Kagawa's volley

StarBoard: elampiro jumping from pillar to post. Now looking for statements to stop his leaky faucet of a mouth to justify his gaffe on Kagawa.
Let Moyes give him the free role he had at Dortmund, and we'll see how good Rooney really is.
Kagawa is an excellent player. Fergie had no idea on how to deploy him.

elampiro:
Kagawa played same role as Rooney for United in many matches and he flopped. He was also the one given the Rooney's role in Madrid.

coogar:

6 goals, 4 assists in 17 starts? flop?
you must have loads of problem in simple arithmetic. rooney was worse than kagawa last season and contrary to your claims, it was kagawa that won the MOTM last night, not honda. did you even watch the game?

kagawa operated as a free role winger(interiore) - just like ronaldo does. his starting position was on the left but he could drift anywhere as the game dictates. he destroyed his marker from start to finish! he had more touches than any other player on the pitch.

elampiro:
6 goals in 17 start? That is the poorest we have seen at United for any striker. Did he even score a UCL goal? Rooney had harick on his debut as a tenager. We know them when young not old age of 24.