Daichi Kamada's performance on the Japanese national team is difficult to criticize.
Japan won 6-0 in the final Group C match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup against Indonesia at Panasonic Stadium in Osaka, Japan on the 10th. Japan ranked first in Group C and won the ticket to the World Cup finals.
Kamada was the leading player in the victory. Japan prepared a 3-4-2-1 formation, and Kamada took the left side of 2. Kamada was the hero of the first goal. Mito in the first 15 minutes??When Ske accurately crossed, Kamada accurately found the drop point through good movement and scored a header. Kamada was also involved in Kubo Takefusa's score in the 19th minute with an exquisite pass.
Kamada showed a one-man show just before the end of the first half. Kamada, who received Kubo's pass right in front of the penalty box, scored with an exquisite chip shot that even stole the goalkeeper's timing after turning Japanese defenders into a scarecrow with a fantastic dribble. It was a score in which Kamada's personal ability was properly displayed.
Japan, with Kamada's multi-goal lead, gave Kamada a break at the start of the second half. Japan, which added three goals even after Kamada's absence, completed a 6-0 victory.
Kamada's recent performance in the national team is surprising in a good sense. Since the 2024-2025 season began, he has been reborn as Japan's ace, scoring four goals and one assist in 11 A matches.
The reason why Kamada's performance is surprising is that he is having the worst season in his team. Kamada, who confidently challenged the Premier League by moving to Crystal Palace this season, has been criticized for his serious slump of 43 games with two goals and three assists. Even in the league, it's 34 games, 0 goals, 0 assists. If the highest-paid player in Palace is this sluggish, fans will naturally hate it.
There were many Premier Leaguers in Japan, but none were as sluggish as Kamada received more opportunities to play. Kamada is flying fast whenever he goes to the national team.
It is all the more curious because Kamada has never shown such a good performance in the national team. Excluding the record of the last 11 games, Kamada has only five goals and two assists in 30 A matches. Even this was possible because he scored one goal and one assist in succession against Mongolia and Miyamba, which are greatly behind in objective power in 2021.
Originally, he was a disappointing player for the Japanese national team, but he has recently shown a different performance with an A match.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
