At the FIFA World Cup 2022, the Japan national team lost to Croatia after a penalty shootout, finishing the tournament in the last 16. Japan representative Takuma Asano answered the interview. Q: How do you feel now after the dawn? Asano: After yesterday’s match, I was filled with nothing but regret. Q: Did you go back to your room yesterday to be alone and look back on the game? I was going around inside, and each time, I was filled with frustration. Q: After winning that group and coming to the final tournament, did you feel the wall of the best 16? I haven’t fought the challenge of winning until now, so I couldn’t feel the wall until I experienced it. After each match, I gave 100% in each match, fought, and finally won by the last minute. I felt the toughness of the World Cup again, and after doing that, I played 100% within myself, and yesterday I was really pitiful, but I played against Germany and Spain. It’s important to continue playing like you did, but I think it was a tournament that made me realize that it’s more difficult than anything else. Q: After the Qatar World Cup, which you once described as your life itself, what kind of tournament would it be if you could describe it again? I have devoted my football life to this World Cup, and it is difficult, but I think that it is a tournament that I will definitely have to make use of in my life from now on. I think it’s a tournament for , so I think it’s okay to say that this World Cup is still my life. Q: Did you get any feedback from this tournament and what will lead to the next? , I think that it is not over yet, and I think that I have no choice but to make use of this experience and aim for higher heights in my future football life. Q: Is that a path that will continue four years from now? However, I want to do my best day by day while continuing to pursue that.
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