[World Cup]”Think about football more than anyone else and move towards your dreams more than anyone else” Ritsu Doan FIFA World Cup Qatar (December 7, 2022)

At the FIFA World Cup 2022, the Japan national team lost to Croatia after a penalty shootout, finishing the tournament in the last 16. One day after the game, Ritsu Doan, the representative of Japan, answered the interview. Q: After the World Cup, Doan: I imagined it to be a dream stage, but I feel that it was more than I imagined. After that, I honestly haven’t been able to sort out all the things like ‘I can’t win’ and ‘What was missing?’ I want to think about it. Q: What was good and what was lacking Doan: In terms of goals, I was able to score two goals to some extent, which is good for me, but there are other things that I need to improve on. There were a lot of things, and in yesterday’s match, I think that if I don’t become a player who can make a decision there, that’s the job I have to do, so I left the pitch feeling very helpless and watched the penalty shootout. And I really felt that I was still immature. Q: At the moment of the substitution against Croatia yesterday, Doan: I’m begging you. I wanted the rest of the players to do their best, and I really wanted to do everything I could for 60 or 70 minutes. I still regret not being able to do my job, but I watched it with the thought of asking the players. Q: Did you see how you should proceed through the tournament in order to grow in the future?Doan: Honestly, I think there are many details. After all, I have to improve my speed in terms of play, I have to improve the accuracy of my shots, and I have to do everything from traps to passes, but it’s all about the mindset. I have to work harder than anyone else, and from tomorrow, I think I have no choice but to think about football more than anyone else and move forward towards my dreams more than anyone else. Q: What kind of effort do you want to make in order to take one step at a time? I couldn’t show it, and I think that’s the play that I have to show the most as a national team, so I want to do my best. As a team, this is tactical, but we had a lot of time to draw in, and after all, all the players have the desire to have the ball in Germany and Spain (the opponent), and it will be three and a half years until the next World Cup. There are, but I think there are tactics that we have to pursue as a team. Q: What kind of play do you want to show 4 years from now? Doan: After all, I have to forget this disappointment, so I think I have to overcome my goal of making the best 8 or better, and it’s a very difficult feeling. , All kinds of seniors have connected us like this, so I think that the players who will be on the pitch four years from now will have to overcome the wall with the thoughts of their seniors on their backs. Q: For Doan, what is this Japanese national team? I feel a lot of expectations from people. Especially at this World Cup, I felt amazing, and I have never felt so strong as a person.
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