[Oakland (USA) 5th (6th Japan time) = Sato Naruhito]The Japanese national team (17th in the FIFA ranking) will play a training match against the Mexico national team (13th in the 7th in the 6th). All 27 people attended the official practice held at the venue, and in the 15 minutes that was revealed, they adjusted the ball by turning the ball and other things.

Midfielder Doan Ritsu (27 = E. Frankfurt), who showed impressive performance with two goals and one assist in the second round in his new career, expressed his commitment to victory.

He successfully made a starting start at the start of the season, and was full of confidence, saying, “Of course, he decided to transfer after calculating backwards for the World Cup. That's why he was able to play in games from the beginning, feel that he could perform well, and there was no surprise at all, so there was no surprise at all.”

As if he scored double digit goals last season, he continues to feel good about his sense of scoring, saying, “It's really good since last year.” Among them, there are high expectations for the national team match. He talked about his theme for his first time in a long time playing a training match against outside Asia.

“First of all, I think it's one great test match that we can see how high-level the team's accumulated through the final qualifying round will work for opponents at a high level. The important thing is that, in the new second (next) Moriyasu Japan, which has been launched, saying that they want to have the ball and play soccer on an independent basis, I think that is just one measure. So, for example, if it doesn't work in tomorrow's match, I think it's necessary to be judicious and to stop like this. There are definitely times when we defend during the World Cup, so we don't have to be too stubborn, or rather, have too much pride to hold the ball. That's not the goal, so you have to win by any means, and since that was true in Qatar, I think it's necessary to keep that in the back of your mind.”

He explained the need to fight flexibly. He also emphasized the importance of victory, saying, “The goal is to win, so it's not about having the ball.”

[Japan National Team]Moriyasu Japan plays Mexico kicks off at 11am on the 7th / live news