[Japan Soccer National Team]Off to match against Bolivia! Shogo Taniguchi’s takeaway from the game against Ghana: “We were able to play aggressive defense for 90 minutes.”

Regarding the defense against Ghana, Shogo Taniguchi said that he was able to play aggressive defense for 90 minutes. Following the match against Brazil, the final line for the match against Ghana consisted of Junnosuke Suzuki, Shogo Taniguchi, and Tsuyoshi Watanabe. “I was able to smoothly change the timing of the horizontal and vertical shifts during the game during the slide part,” he said, giving a positive impression. Regarding the cooperation between these three players, he said that the relationship has improved compared to the match against Brazil, and said, “The two players on both sides are aggressive, so I hope to show off their strengths and cover for myself.”