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2007.07.29
Ivica Osim's lesson's from Asian Cup 2007
Japan lost the semi-final and third place match and
Iraq won (Conglatuations Iraqi!).
Fans are not satisfied with the result, but
there is a silence in Japan, there is few discussion
of Osim.
I want to understand the current state of Japan, and
what Osim wants to do. This is the briefing after
the match against Korea.
(Note this is my translation
from Japanese text published at J's Goal. http://www.jsgoal.jp/news/00052000/00052067.html).
Osim's Comments
There is a football general rule that
the coach can change menbers after losing the match,
but I tried the opposite way, not changing the players.
I gave a chance to regular players.
There was a policy that I wanted to see again
that my selection of players was good or not.
I requested players to have several roles for
each of them. If they could have better
technique, we could use more speedy players.
This is the result of Asian Cup, but the soccer
does not end. The schedule was hard, playing
six matches in twenty days. They played well
in this situation. We didn't have much stronger
opponent than Japan, we could always have initiative.
Q: What Japan should change?
I had mentioned in the previous answers.
Today we took a risk to select players.
Not only today but throughout this tournament,
we defended the center only two stoppers with one
of two defensive midfielders and leave playmakers
free. The way taking the risk is suitable for Japanese
I think. The person who wish to see that kind
of match can see the point Japan should change.
Korea was much stronger than Saudi Arabia but
there was no break down in two stoppers and a midfielder
defense. We lost Saudi Arabia match buth
this was the reason why I gave another chance for them.
They could take a chance? There is no third chance.
"The same chance won't come again" is the Sarajevo adage.
If you are interested in, please refer the video
of the days of Japan winning the Asian Cups.
Compare in the detail. Which Japan was better?
Not the result of win or lose, see the content
of the match. I respect previous coaches,
Troussier And Zico, but which team was better.
There can be defferent opinion, but I have my
opinion. Today was, .. this may inviting frowns but,
"Dropping trou twice and brought out what we
should not shaw twice".
JAPAN: Kawaguchi, Kaji, Abe, Nakazawa, Komano, K. Nakamura (Hanyu), Suzuki, S. Nakamura, Endo, Yamagishi (Sato), Takahara (Yano)
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