[Japan National Team]Storm of praise for Maya Yoshida Award ceremony after match against Ecuador controversial “Kirin’s worst”

After the match against Ecuador in the Kirin Challenge Cup, an awards ceremony was held by the sponsoring company, Kirin Holdings. Due to the draw, the captains of both teams will be awarded the trophy, but Kirin’s director of brand strategy wanted to hand it only to Maya Yoshida. Ecuador’s Valencia spreads his arms and makes a “why?” gesture. Then Maya Yoshida said a few words to Valencia and urged them to hold the trophy together. Valencia held the trophy and took a picture with the brand strategy manager and Maya Yoshida, but he had a bewildered look on his face. The award ceremony was broadcast live on TBS, and spread quickly on Twitter. Kirin Holdings has been criticized, saying, “Don’t you have a spirit of respect?”, “The influence of the sponsor is strong in a bad way,” “Kirin is the worst,” and “It hurts my heart.” On the other hand, there are many messages of praise for Maya Yoshida, such as “This is what a captain should be!”, “Yoshida is cool”, and “I understand Yoshida’s wonderful humanity”.