Has Japan surpassed Asian football? Having won 20 of the last 22 matches, Japan is in impressive form and is expected to be able to break the dominance of European and South American football. In the modern football era, long coaching tenures at the international level are rare, to the point that a coach leading a team through two consecutive World Cups is a remarkable achievement. After less than two years, only seven of the 32 leaders standing on the sidelines at the 2022 World Cup are still in position. Among them is Lionel Scaloni – who has taken on the role since 2018, helping Argentina advance strongly and win the World Cup in Qatar. Didier Deschamps still leads France despite pressure and rumors of being replaced by former teammate Zinedine Zidane. Among them are Zlatko Dalic – coach who has led Croatia to the semi-finals and finals of the World Cup since taking over the team in 2017 and Walid Regragui – coach who made Morocco the first African team to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup. Cup. Even on Asia’s smaller stage, half of the coaches who worked at the Asian Cup in early 2024 have left. Among them, Australia’s Graham Arnold is the latest “victim”. But Moriyasu persisted in Japan. The 56-year-old coach took over his hometown team in 2018, succeeding Akira Nishino after Japan was eliminated in the 1/8 round of the World Cup in Russia. Moriyasu faced a dismissal order in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, but a 2-0 victory over Australia helped Japan win a ticket to Qatar, and he overcame the pressure. Now, Moriyasu joins Japan in the next World Cup final qualifiers as not only the best performing team in Asia but possibly in the entire world. “Green Samurai” is playing almost perfectly in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers – Asia region. In the six second qualifying round matches, they won 18 absolute points from five wins and did not concede a single goal. Including a 3-0 win when North Korea canceled its home match in March 2024. Through the first three matches in the third qualifying round, Japan continued to show superiority, scoring 14 goals and not conceding a single goal. They won against China and Bahrain in the opening two rounds, then defeated Roberto Mancini’s Saudi Arabia 2-0 in Jeddah last week. This is the first time Japan has won on Saudi Arabia’s field in an official match. “More important than scoring is helping the team win for the first time at this stadium. That is an important achievement for Japanese football,” Crystal Palace midfielder Daichi Kamada – author of the opening goal – emphasized. strong. Going further, Japan won 20 of the last 22 matches in the past 18 months, including defeating Canada, Türkiye and most impressively, Germany at Wolfsburg. Of the players called up during this period, 37 Japanese players are playing in Europe, including 22 players who appeared at FIFA Days in October, which brings depth and competition to every position. their. Japan also has a young core group, called the “Tokyo Olympic Generation”. These players have been given the opportunity and experience at the Olympics at home in 2021, helping Sunshine football get ready for the transition period and prepare to replace the veteran generation like Maya Yoshida and Yuto. Nagatomo and Hiroki Sakai. Many Japanese players are currently important players, regularly starting at their parent clubs in Europe, such as goalkeeper Zion Suzuki (Parma), Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg), Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), Takumi Minamino (AS Monaco), Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)… Two other stars, defenders Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal) and Hiroki Ito (Bayern Munich), are absent from this training session due to injury and are expected to return in the following weeks. next FIFA Days occasion. ————————- Love Soccer is a general sports channel, posting quality videos, aiming to update sports news. Sports about Vietnamese football and World football. You can always share all the latest information about sports news and competition results of men’s and women’s football tournaments for free. 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