Analysis of Japanese Soccer Development

Regarding Moriyasu's slight rhythm, or rather, his final "recipe power"—in this current situation, his ability to make adjustments…

They put in players who are considered to have high defensive ability, but the way they defend is fundamentally different—it was a new pattern for Japan.

Moriyasu is good at raising motivation and building organizations and relationships, but he's not good at making adjustments when things aren't going as expected.

If someone inside who is good at that had joined the coaching staff and instilled it in the new players, that would be one thing, but I don't know if that's the case. Actually, they hadn't joined.

That's how it feels. Moriyasu is a wonderful manager, but when it comes to principles, or rather, in football, this…

This match showed that Japan is entering a phase where they must establish firm standards before playing. Looking at how Brazil celebrated, which would have been unthinkable in the past…

You can really feel Japan's growth. That's right. But this is the difficult part. It would be great if we could assume Japan will keep producing talent and continue this upward trend…

Like Belgium—until recently, they had Hazard, De Bruyne, and Lukaku, a golden generation, but now their transition to the next generation has mostly failed, and they've become weak.

We can't say that won't happen to Japan. What if it was just this particular generation that was good?

It would be great if we kept improving and staying strong from here, but right now, many players are at their peak age.

That's the thing.