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The defender of the Japanese gives the recipe to overcome the round of 16 and still amaze
“I would like to set a new record, reach the quarter-finals or go even further,” said the coach Japan Hajime Moriyasu after the victory over Spain and the passage to the round of 16 from first in the group. Now there is the challenge against the Croatia and the Japanese want to continue to amaze the world. “Samurai spirit” is what Yuto Nagatomo he asks his companions on the eve of the confrontation with the vice-champions of the world. Not only. “Courage,” said the former Inter defender in Italian. “We have to play bravely.” Nagatomo said.
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“It will be a great opportunity to show everyone that we can play like Samurai – he continued Nagatomo – If they are scared in battle, then they won’t be able to use their weapons and techniques. It’s the same in football, if when we take the field we are afraid our qualities and our tactics will be useless. We have to play bravely. I often mention the samurai, who are quite famous in the world. We want to fight like samurai.”
The Japan he has reached the knockout stages of a World Cup for the fourth time and is looking for his first victory. And about it Nagatomo, at the fourth World Cup, he recalls the burning defeat against Belgium in the round of 16 four years ago at the World Cup in Russia: Japan went on 2-0, lost 3-2 and was eliminated. “I’ve never forgotten it,” he concluded Nagatomo.
They have several good players, they finished second in the last World Cup. Tomorrow we will try to win, but at the same time we have a lot of respect for the Croatian team – said the Japanese coach Moriyasu – They can adapt to different types of game. They are very tenacious. We are fine, we expect a difficult match. We will have to be more aggressive compared to the matches against Spain and Germany.”
