30/11/11 – We meet Homare Sawa, jersey nr 10 and captain of NADESHIKO, and had a shooting/interview with her for 11+ promotion.
Sawa led the Japanese national team as captain to a World Championship victory and received the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards as the top scorer (5 goals during the 2011 World Cup) and MVP in the tournament. After a 2-2 tie in front of a sellout crowd in Frankfurt, Germany, (with 1 goal by Sawa in the 117th minute), Japan won the penalty shootout 3-1, defeating the United States to win their first ever World Cup.
His team INAC Kobe Leoness played a friendly game against FC Arsenal in the same evening (final result 1:1).