The Japanese national team continues to fight hard for the 2022 World Cup Qatar tournament.
On the 8th of this month, a former Japanese national team player sent a message on Twitter.
"Enjoy this adversity a lot" The
Japanese national team has finished three games so far in the final qualifying round in Asia, with 1 win and 2 losses.
With "3" points, they stay in 3rd place in the group, which is exactly "adversity".
The match against Australia on the night of the 12th will be an important match to be in the second place of the group that can qualify for the World Cup unconditionally.
Keisuke Honda, a former Japan national team who is currently playing at a Lithuanian club, posted on his Twitter account at midnight on the 8th.
Before dawn on that day, the Japanese national team lost 0-1 to the away match against Saudi Arabia in the third round of the final qualifying round in Asia, and suffered the second loss in the final qualifying round.
Honda's message is-
"Warriors of the Japanese national team.
I just want to convey this one word.
Enjoy this adversity a lot
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Yuto Nagatomo of the Japanese national team
said to
this message- "
I think that's right. However, I have experienced adversity many times in my soccer life, and I have climbed up many times in it. Some of them enjoyed positively, so there. I faced with a strong desire to get rid of
In the final Asian qualifying, Japan finished 3 games and won 1 win and 2 losses.
They are still in 3rd place with 3 points.
In the final Asian qualifying round, the top two teams in the group will unconditionally qualify for the World Cup, but Japan have won three consecutive victories, with a "6" difference between Australia and Saudi Arabia. In order to be in second place, it is important to win the match against Australia on the 12th and get 3 points.
Japan won the last match
Australia, which is aiming to participate in the World Cup for the sixth time in five consecutive tournaments, is 32nd in the world ranking and lower than Japan's 26th, but in the final qualifying, after winning 3-0 against China in the first match, 1-0 against Vietnam. In the 3rd round, he defeated Oman 3 to 1 and won all 3 rounds.
The Japanese national team was the same group as Australia in the past three tournaments in the final Asian qualifying round of the World Cup.
The results of the six matches there are on par with Japan's 1 win, 1 loss and 4 draws.
However, in the comparison of the three games so far in the final qualifying this time, Australia has "7 points" and "1 goal" against Japan's "1 goal" and "2 goals", and Australia is doing well. You can see.
Can Japan "enjoy adversity" and get three points in order to be in the "group second place" where they can qualify for the World Cup unconditionally?
Japan national team coach Hajime Moriyasu said, "(Australia) is physically strong and highly skilled. We have to take the initiative, bring the flow while receiving it, or fight wisely while reading the flow." I'm talking to you.
The 4th round of the final qualifying round in Asia, the match between Japan and Australia, will be held at Saitama Stadium from 7:10 pm.