Goalkeeper GONDA ​​Shuichi, who was selected as the best player of the match and was awarded the ``Player of the Match'', contributed to Japan's come-from-behind win by overcoming Germany's fierce attacks and conceding one goal.

Q. How has the team changed with the addition of players who have been on the bench?

A. It was a tough game with a lot of time to attack, but even though everyone wanted to start from the start of the World Cup, the players who had been on the bench from the beginning came out with a strong feeling, and I was able to strengthen my energy one step further. gave me

In that part, he gave energy to the players who were on the pitch from the beginning.



Japan is a country where everyone can fight together.

The strength of each of us may not be great, but I feel that we have proved that if we all work hard at one thing, we can do something like this.

Q. How are you feeling now?

A.In this tournament, we really aimed to reach the top 8 or better, something that Japan has never achieved before.

For Japan, we were really happy with this historic victory, and at the same time, we started to feel that we would like to accumulate points in the next match against Costa Rica and advance through the first round.

Q. About the strength of scoring two goals against Germany

A.As you all saw and felt, the team that fights with everyone is the goodness of the Japan national team.

Both goals came from players who entered the match midway through the match, and the first goal came from Minamino's midway shot.

Q. What was the scene that gave Germany the penalty?

A. Regarding the penalty kick scene, the opponent was free at that point, and Sakai and Ito on the right had been marking well until then, but only in that scene it was a situation where it was free. .



I was able to handle it at first, but when it was counterattacked, I don't want to talk about the judgment, but I fell down in front of my eyes because the opponent didn't make contact with me. So my foot touched there and a penalty kick was taken.

After the penalty kick was taken, I told the referee at the beginning that it might have been a dive, but the fact remains that the penalty kick was taken there.

I accepted the reality that I gave a foul and scored a penalty kick and switched to the next one.

Q. Were you able to keep your concentration while you stopped for offside?

After all, while fighting as a team, there is always the possibility of being offside, and now there is VAR, and there are various situations, but if I am offside, I have the feeling inside of me that I will be taken even after I make a save.



If I stop and concede a goal, and there is no offside, then naturally it will be a goal-in.



I don't want to stop there because my job is to defend the goal no matter what happens, and since I'm playing for the Japan national team, I was conscious of continuing to play until the end no matter what the situation was. .



Also, at the end of my club, in the last three games, I thought it was a foul and stopped playing in a similar scene and lost a goal. I thought I couldn't.

Q.A lot of supporters come to Qatar.

A.It was really interesting to see the atmosphere gradually change during the match.At first, everyone came to see Germany, and there were local supporters, but so many Japanese people also came. I didn't think so, but half of the field was filled with Japanese supporters, so they came all the way to Qatar to support us. Of course it is, but I think there are a lot of supporters and people on the other side of the TV watching us.

Q.A word to supporters

A. Thank you very much.

That's all I have to say, but our goal is not only to win against Germany, so we want to do our best next time as well.