On Monday 29 November, Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women's National Team) played an international friendly match at The Hague, Netherlands, and drew 0-0 against the Netherlands Women's National Team. Following their loss to the Iceland Women's National Team on Thursday 25, the team tried to book their first win under the new regime of coach IKEDA Futoshi but fell short from scoring a goal in back to back matches.

The Netherlands Women's National Team had to play against Nadeshiko Japan with just one day rest after their match scheduled for Friday 26 November was postponed to Saturday 27. Due to this sudden change of schedule, three players who had been called up to the team, Dominique JANSSEN, Vivianne MIEDEMA, and Jill ROORD, were not included in the squad. In order to fill the void, six new players were called up for this match, adding to their fresh line-up. Nadeshiko Japan on the other hand, made seven changes to their starting line-up from their match against Iceland. As the starting goalkeeper, TANAKA Momoko (Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza) made her first cap for the national team, and MIYAZAWA Hinata (Mynavi Sendai Ladies), who turned 22 on Sunday 28, made her first start for Nadeshiko Japan. The arm band was given to KUMAGAI Saki (FC Bayern Munich), who was named team captain by coach Ikeda during this tour. The team had three days to prepare for this match in order to earn results in this rare occasion to tour Europe. .....

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