[News Station]What will you do in the next four years with “the best scenery”? “Continued casting decision” directed by Moriyasu & Atsuto Uchida (December 28, 2022)

It was officially announced on the 28th that coach Hajime Moriyasu of the Japanese national soccer team will continue to pitch. The contract was until the next World Cup, which is an unusual long-term contract. How will Manager Moriyasu show us the “new scenery” of the Japanese national team? Former Japan national team member Atsuto Uchida will also be joining us for a direct interview. Japan national team coach Hajime Moriyasu (Q. On the 7th of this month, after returning from Qatar after finishing a fierce battle at the World Cup, you appeared on the live broadcast. Did it become true?) At that time, it was a reflexive comment, but it became true. thank you. I am very honored to have been asked to speak to you, but the truth is that I am humbled when I think about the weight of responsibility and the difficulty of the mission. (Q. I think it was a short time before you decided to continue casting, but did you ever have a desire to go on a trip to a hot spring?) I don’t think so. I am happy to be involved in soccer like this. Even after the World Cup is over, I am really happy that the media continues to cover football in this way, thanking us for their support and preaching, and asking them to support us in the future and fight together. . I’m really happy because I can do what I love as a job. (Q. In the interview with Yuto Nagatomo, which was broadcast on Hodo Station on the 26th, looking back at the scene where he hugged Coach Moriyasu, Nagatomo cried. What did you talk about when you hugged each other? Was it?) He was always positive and led the team. At the same time, he was supporting the young players so that they could play freely, so I said, “Thank you very much. ◆Atsuto Uchida (Q.Didn’t you watch practice while veteran players shouting a lot and young players jumping on it and saying, “I like the atmosphere?” But I think there was also an aim in choosing such 26 players.[Towards a new era of Japanese soccer]Japan national team coach Hajime Moriyasu Do you want to play?) Being able to control the game and put pressure on the opponent means that we will be able to advance the match closer to the opponent’s goal in both offense and defense. I think we have to go. However, we spent a lot of time defending against Germany and Spain, but we will play proactively in both games, including our approach to the match this time. Whether they go on the offensive or go on the defensive, it is important for the players to accept the reality between the ideal and the reality, and to think proactively about both offense and defense. I think the players were able to express themselves in the cup as well. I think he taught me to keep working hard. ◆Atsuto Uchida (Q. How does Mr. Uchida perceive “active soccer”?) This time, Argentina won the championship, but even if they were defending, they didn’t have the ball. , the feeling of holding the game. I felt that I would not hand over the initiative. For example, when attacking, it is not just about having possession or holding the ball. This time, the Japanese national team scored points in the short counter, and I think there were many opportunities to create opportunities. I thought. The amount of time I can convene for the A team is really limited, and as a player, I have to see how far I can go on a day-to-day basis. I was always conscious of which team I could do. I believe that one of the criteria for this is the Champions League, the biggest tournament in Europe. Director Moriyasu was also the director of the Tokyo Olympics. The generation has risen one step further, and it will become a generation with a lot of fat. I think I was thinking about that as well. I think the culmination was four years later. Japan national team coach Hajime Moriyasu (Q. What do you think about Coach Moriyasu?) I thought this would be the end of the line, but in order for Japan’s future soccer to win in the world, Japan Football Association Kozo Tashima The chairman and Akira Nishino, the technical committee chairman at the time, looked ahead to the future and gave us the breadth of the A team and the Olympics with the idea of ​​“one team, two categories”. In the midst of this, we decided to create and strengthen a system that would enable Japan to win more in the world. I once again feel that rather than me, the chairman and the chairman of the technical committee were those who saw the future. (Q. When the tournament was over, what did you tell the players to disband?) I told the players exactly what Mr. Uchida just said. When we disbanded, we talked about a few things, but regardless of what I do or don’t do, “In order for Japan to achieve its goals at the World Cup in four years’ time, it’s important to strengthen our ‘individual power’.” I talked about I told the players that they should strive to improve their level on a daily basis in their team so that they can win at the World Cup standards. Of course, we shouldn’t neglect the J-League, and we shouldn’t talk about the team that the player belongs to, but my goal is to play in a team that is competing for the championship in the Champions League, so it will strengthen Japan. , I told them that I wanted them to have high-level goals. (Q. Director Moriyasu will be in office for nearly eight years. Will it be an advantage to discover and nurture individuals over a long period of time?) That’s right. The numbers may be wrong, but this time 12 athletes followed from the Olympics to the World Cup in Qatar. In the past, we skipped one step to the next World Cup, which led to the strengthening of the Olympics, but this time, for the first time, it led to the next World Cup. Japan’s way of strengthening has changed, and I think that one of the results was that I was allowed to play with the A team and the Olympics. (Q. This time you will be dedicated to the A team, but how will you proceed with discovering individual talents?) I think the starting point will be the members of the Qatar World Cup this time, but there will always be discoveries and discoveries. I think. I would like to take a neutral look while looking at players from a wider range of age groups, looking at the competition and growth of the players. Even if I am full-time, I can exchange information with the coaches of each category between Japanese people, so I would like to strengthen the team while always thinking about how to attract players. (Q. You said that you would like to pass the baton to the next coach, but what about the selection of the next coach?) I would like to assign former players who have experience as a national team, who have played overseas, and who know the World Cup and the tough final qualifiers in Asia. (Q. Mr. Atsuto Uchida, who has experience playing for the national team as well as playing in Europe, is he a candidate?) Yes. of course. ◆Atsuto Uchida Many people really watch TV. I am now in a position to study hard. (Q.Is it important for players who are active overseas to be coached by coaches who have experienced soccer overseas?) I think it is important. That is to say, I think that the feeling of the atmosphere and the feeling as a player that you feel with your own body is still important. I can’t put it into words, but I know how hard it is to go to Europe with only one body. I think it’s a very big thing that the staff and the players have presence. ◆ Japan National Team Manager Hajime Moriyasu (Q. What do you think about Mr. Uchida’s opinion?) I agree. I think that what I can say from my experience is very important, and in this Qatar World Cup, the coaching staff will be the domestic team, so to speak. I would like J.League coaches and regional coaches to have confidence, but the best thing is to have more and more experienced former players come to the coaches and have them lead to the strengthening of Japan. I think it’s a good thing. (Q. In your remarks, Coach Moriyasu often says that he is proud to be Japanese and that Japan will become one. Do you have an image of soccer becoming a major weapon for society?) Will you participate in the World Cup? I think the number of countries is the highest in the world, and I think that football can be said to be one language, and we can communicate with each other. Watching the Japanese national team players beat Spain and Germany at this World Cup, the Japanese people are confident that they can compete against the world, and the young people in particular are confident that they can do it. I am very happy to have the courage to do so. I would be very happy if you could feel the goodness of the Japanese people in this World Cup. Atsuto Uchida (Q.Did you feel that each player had that kind of “ism” this time around?) Since the tournament began, the team has grown steadily, and there are only 26 of us. Instead, I realized that we had become one team involving all of Japan. That was Moriyasu Japan’s strength, and I think it’s a wonderful thing about soccer. Japan National Team Manager Hajime Moriyasu (Q. Do you have any plans to create a team with a specific image of winning the World Cup instead of the best 8?) Realistically, we have to overcome the “new landscape”. It’s a wall, so we have to aim for it, but I would like to build a team thinking about seeing the “best scenery”, and the players say that they are playing while thinking about the world champion. So, I would like to build a team that has the criteria to win the World Cup.
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