Former Japanese national soccer team J1 Kashima Uchida retired "See you again" 23:30, August 23
Former Japanese national team defender of J1 Kashima Antlers, Atsuto Uchida, played the final match of the active team and said goodbye to his 14-and-a-half-year career. At the post-game retirement ceremony, he said with tears, "I'm sorry for all the pain and joy, I thank all the people I met through football. Let's meet again."
Uchida, who announced that he will retire from play on the 20th of this month, was the last active match against Gamba Osaka in Kashima City, Ibaraki Prefecture on the night of the 23rd.
Uchida, who started from the bench, was injured in the 16th minute of the first half because his teammate was injured and was entrusted with the captain's mark.
Antlers collected the ball for Uchida who got into the right side back, and Uchida made many chances with his characteristic speed and precise cross ball.
At the end of the match, where one goal was over, Uchida's pass was finely connected in front of the goal, and in the end defender Tomoya Inukai pushed in with his head to catch up.
Antlers has dropped Uchida's last match into a one-on-one draw.
After the match, a retirement ceremony was held at the stadium, and Uchida said, "I am retiring a soccer player today. The team named Antlers has won many titles, and many seniors are shaving their lives every day. I made an effort, and I started to think that I couldn't show the appearance of seniors to my current juniors, and ended up as a soccer player," he said. ..
On top of that, he said, “Tsuma is all my property. For children who want to become professional soccer players, Kashima is a little rural, but the environment where you can concentrate on soccer, the high level, and the players you are currently enrolled in are your major obstacles and rivals. I greet everyone who I met through football. Let's meet again." I said goodbye to my active life with tears.