Norio Sasaki, who became the chairman of the Japan Football Association Women's Committee, who is responsible for strengthening Nadeshiko Japan, the Japan national football team, attended the meeting and said, "We will win the title at the World Cup next year and the Paris Olympics three years later. I want to set goals and move forward. "
Nadeshiko Japan, the Japanese national football team, won the 2011 World Cup for the first time, but lost to the Netherlands in the first round of the final tournament in the adult World Cup, and also in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics, which was expected to win medals. I lost to Sweden and ended up in the final eight.
Under these circumstances, Norio Sasaki was appointed as the chairman of the Women's Committee, which is in charge of strengthening Nadeshiko Japan at the Japan Football Association, on the 5th of this month.
In 2011, Mr. Sasaki, who led Nadeshiko Japan to the first World Cup championship, attended an online meeting on the 10th and set a big goal of winning the title at the World Cup next year and the Paris Olympics three years later. , I want to bring together the power of the staff of the association and the women's committee to move forward. "
And about Nadeshiko Japan, which is currently 13th in the world ranking, "The top 15 teams do not know where to win, and the overall level is rising. Nadeshiko is not so weak. It is not a team that can not produce results. I believe in it. "