Moriyasu is enthusiastic before football men's U23 Asian Championship at 17:04 on January 8
Coach Yokoichi Mori, the coach of the Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese national team of soccer men, told a press conference before the first match of the Asian Championships under 23 years old in Thailand and said, `` I think it will be a very difficult and tough game, but Ichimaru aims for victory. And fight. "
Asian Championships under the age of 23 will be held in Thailand from the 8th to serve as the Asian final qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics, with 16 teams participating.
Japan's national coach Moriyasu had a press conference with the Saudi Arabia, Syria and Qatar coaches in the first league ahead of the first match on the 9th.
Moriho said, "I think it will be a very difficult and tough game, but there will be strong players, but we will fight together for the victory. I want to challenge each one and fight as a team in search of results and growth. "
He said that Saudi Arabia will compete in the first match on the 9th, saying, "This is a team that has individual strengths and strengths, and has the best power in Asia to fight in an organized manner. It will be a difficult battle." .
Japan, which has already decided to participate in the Tokyo Olympics in the host country frame, aims to win this tournament and will also simulate the heat and overcrowding schedules expected in the actual race.
Survival also attracts attention as to what kind of appeal will be made to the players who aim to become representatives in the formation where the main players of this generation Tatehide Kubo and Ritsu Doyasu are absent.
Japan will play Saudi Arabia on the 9th in the first league, Syria on the 12th and Qatar on the 15th, and NHK will broadcast each game on BS1.