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| Korea and Japan will hold a Korea-Japan match in Yokohama on the 25th at 7:20 pm (provided by the Korea Football Association) © News 1 |
Japanese reporters covering the Japanese national team on-site delivered the local atmosphere ahead of the Korea-Japan War.
The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Paulo Bento, will play an away evaluation match against Japan at 7:20 pm on the 25th at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan.
In an e-mail interview with News 1, reporter Mitsuhiro Katamura of Japan’s’Football Zone’ said, “It is ahead of Korea and Japan, but there is no atmosphere as exciting as in the past.” “It’s because I can’t fully concentrate on soccer because of anxiety,” he explained.
Reporter Mitsuhiro also pointed out that Japan, like Korea, also convened the national team and the Olympic team at the same time as one of the reasons that lowered the interest of Japanese fans.
The reporter said, “Japan is increasing the weight toward the Olympics (held at home) as much as the national team,” and “Kaoru Mitoma (Kawasaki Frontale), who is training in the Olympics team, is a big star who will not be strange even if he is selected for the national team. Mitoma was chosen as the Olympic team rather than the national team, so the power and interest were scattered,” he explained.
In fact, in Japan, fans and media are pouring out the lights for Mitoma, and the interest is so hot that Japan and Argentina’s Olympic teams are about to sell out.
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| Japan also has an atmosphere that Korea should not lose. © AFP=News1 |
At the same time, this reporter said, “I still have great expectations for the players who were selected for the first national team based on their performance in the J-League. If these players can take a chance against Korea and grow, it will be a great asset for the Japanese national team. But it won’t be easy,” he explained.
When asked if the Korea-Japan War was not for the purpose of promoting the success of the Olympic Games in Japan, he replied, “It is difficult to see it that way,” and “I invited Korea, the strongest of the neighboring countries, because I could not call a team far away with Corona 19.”
Reporter Nishimui Kohei of another medium’Sponichi’ told News 1, “It is a big point that while Japan has joined Minamino Takumi (Southampton), Korea has not come by a special player named Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur).” In Japan, there is an atmosphere that even in Korea without Son Heung-min, it is absolutely impossible to lose.”
It is interesting to note that, just as Korean soccer fans express the burden, saying, “After joining with Japan for no reason without Son Heung-min, only the black history remains”. Japan, in its own way, is burdened by saying, “If you lose to Korea without Son Heung-min, you are more embarrassed.”
Meanwhile, Korean coach Paulo Bento said, “It is not easy, but I will prepare the best results within the given conditions.” Burned the desire for