- What criteria was used to select Kiyo Ueda to the best eleven?
- Sofascore's Best Eleven is selected by evaluating the performance of matches played on the same day based on data analysis. Specifically, multiple indicators are comprehensively judged, including the number of goals, number of assists, shooting accuracy, ability to create chances, touches on the ball, and number of presses.
- How high is the rating of 9.6 among the Japanese national team players to date?
- 9.6 is a score out of 10 adopted by Sofascore, and is equivalent to the world's top level players. Among previous Japanese players, Shinji Kagawa scored 8.9 at the 2014 World Cup, and Keisuke Honda scored 8.7 at the 2018 World Cup, but these are high-level scores that are extremely rare for more than 9 points.
- What impact will this Best Eleven selection have on Japan's ability to advance to the group stage?
- Ueda's performance will not only improve the team's motivation and attack power, but also show the possibility of developing more offensive tactics in the remaining games of the group stage. In particular, it is expected that Ueda's presence will serve as a difference in scoring ability against the opponents from the next match onwards.
- Sofascore's Best Eleven is not an official award, but how reliable is it?
- Sofascore is widely recognized as a global platform for sports data analysis, and its evaluations, which objectively quantify athlete performance, have earned a certain level of trust from media and fans. In particular, data-driven evaluation functions as a third perspective alongside traditional media evaluation.
- What kind of career does Kiyo Ueda have so far?
- Kiyo Ueda is a Japanese national forward who was born in 2000 and will make his professional debut with Sint-Truiden in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League in 2023. From 2024, he played for Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie, and made his debut for the Japanese national team in the same year.
- Is Ueda's 9.6 rating the highest rating for a Japanese player in the World Cup finals?
- At present, Ueda's rating of 9.6 is the highest rating for a Japanese player in the World Cup finals. However, there is a possibility that new players will receive high ratings in the remaining games of the group stage or in the final tournament, so at this stage it is positioned as the ``highest rating at the moment.''
