The Avispa Fukuoka Herald
Squad21 Aug 2028
Kaoru Yamawaki: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Avispa Fukuoka have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tomoya Miki in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Avispa Fukuoka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Daiki Matsuoka falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Getting past Kazuki Fujita has become the hardest job in the division
13 clean sheets and counting. Forwards used to back themselves here; now they shoot early, shoot wide, and look for somebody to blame.
The terraces21 Aug 2028
Avispa Fukuoka supporters have found a favourite in Hanan Sani Brown
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Hanan Sani Brown has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match19 Aug 2028
Tomoya Miki sends Avispa Fukuoka past Yokohama F. Marinos
It finished 1‑0, and it was Tomoya Miki’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Avispa Fukuoka.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
A masterclass from Tomoya Miki
Marked 8.22 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Market21 Aug 2028
Experience through the door at Avispa Fukuoka
Cristian Varela arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Ronaldo Barrett never got going
5.76 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Kazuki Fujimoto
- Player ratings Cheikh Koïté was immovable
- Market The market said no: Cheikh Koïté stays put