[World Cup]”There were a lot of areas where I was able to grow through the tournament” Shuichi Gonda 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 match, Japanese representative Shuichi Gonda answered the interview. Q: How do you feel now after one night? Gonda: It was a night where I thought about a lot of things. But, of course, as with any match, it’s going through my head right now, and my next match is still a long way off, so I’m going to organize it well for that. , I won’t be able to practice for a while, so I think it would be nice if I could look forward again. Q: What is going through your head? I think that there were a lot of things that I was able to grow through the tournament, so I was able to do things that I couldn’t do at first, and things that I was able to do but had to take one step further. , It’s a state where so many things are happening in order that I can’t really count them. Q: What did you learn to do during the tournament? Gonda: To be honest, this year’s season wasn’t a good one for me, so if I was really confident going into the tournament, what would it be? In the first friendly match against Canada, I wasn’t 100% confident about how much I could do. At that time, I was doing 100%, but when I look back on it now, I can honestly say that it wasn’t really 100%. The only time I’ve ever competed on the international stage is at the London Olympics. The number of parts has increased steadily, and I’ve come to be able to face them with confidence. On the other hand, that’s why I wanted to see how much I’d improved if I played one more match or two. I really want to play Brazil in an official match, not the Brazil that was serious in 8 and the Brazil that I played in the national team, and now I have a strong feeling. Q: What do you think about the reaction from overseas reporters that Gonda has such a big presence? We haven’t conceded a single goal in the league. It’s a team that has been playing in the qualifying league for a long time, with only one or two shots on target every game. Above, naturally the goalkeeper’s activity is necessary to win. I am also a player myself, so I evaluate whether it will be necessary to win the qualifying league with a little more stable fight in order to become a team that continues to win. It’s a pleasure to be played, and it’s a joyous thing, but when you think about the team, we have to aim for a team that can fight without putting a burden on the goalkeeper. I’ve heard that there’s a possibility that it will be a 3-team league because the regulations will change from the next tournament, so the weight of each match will change even more if that happens. If we try to create a sense of stability even further, I think that the stability of the team will increase if we become a team where players from various fields are praised, rather than the goalkeeper being praised. . Q: After experiencing this World Cup, what do you want to convey to the children watching TV now? Gonda: First, I would like to ask the children how I feel. Well, there were a lot of late-night games, so the Costa Rica game that the kids could watch kicked off at 7 o’clock, so there was no result in that game in Japan. The two games we won, and the last one we played against Croatia, would probably have happened when normal good kids would have slept, so it would be nice if they could watch the video, but those kids would watch us play. what did you feel I myself have some legendary players there, but the same is true of those past OBs, (Atsuto) Uchida, and well, (Atsuto) Uchida is close to my age because I’m working with him, but Director Moriyasu. After experiencing the tragedy in Doha, and participating in the World Cup in France for the first time, I wanted to be a soccer player, and I wanted to be a member of the Japanese national team. Looking at the way we fought, the kids thought soccer was cool, they want to play soccer from tomorrow, what day is it today? , is today the weekend? I’d be happy if it turned out to be something like Tuesday, or if we go to school today, let’s play soccer together. But if the children feel that way, it makes us happy. I think that’s how we’re going to create history in the future, and that we’re passing the baton that we’ve passed on from our seniors to those children, so I’d like you to interview us on the street about how you felt. Q: What do you think the team needs to do to overcome the barrier of the best 16? I mean, Modric, Kovacic, and Perisic are the core players of the team, and the forward players are replaced again, and so on. Croatia is the team that hasn’t changed the most in this tournament in the three qualifying league games. Therefore, while building a solid base as a team, we have brought out fresh players in this round of 16, and players who are making their first appearances in extensions where the amount of exercise is decreasing, and this Croatia has the goal of winning against us. I think the biggest difference is that we weren’t there. I saw them at night about once, but they had plenty of time in overtime, and on the other hand, we were defeated in the last one play at the World Cup in Russia last time, so in the next tournament in the last one play, we won. We hadn’t yet had that kind of bullish attitude that would allow us to go to the counter and finish it off. The best 16 was really a passing point for Japan, and the possibility of the next Brazil was high, so I thought about winning against Brazil, and I decided to play Modric. I don’t know why Croatia chose to change things. If I were to say the difference in experience, that would be it. I don’t think it’s a mistake. On the contrary, we were able to experience it this time, and when the barrier of the best 16 is reached in the next tournament, it will probably not end the match with the last one play, but it is not Belgium, but we will go to the stabbing. I think what we learned in this tournament is that we can show the attitude that we’re doing what we’re doing. .
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