The midfielder Yui Hasegawawho will lead the Japanese women’s team at the next World Cup in Australia and New Zealand where the Japanese are in the same group as Spain, assured in a recent interview that they want to hit the tournament and that they have a chance of winning the title .
The 2011 world champions are in Group C and face Zambia in their opener before the match Costa Rica and Spain. “We must reach the final if we think about the future of Japanese women’s football,” he said. hasegawa at Kyodo news agency.
“I want to be aware of what we need to win, even if we don’t dominate matches, being patient and having a necessary and unique way of playing in tournaments because we can do anything,” he added.
Japan reached the round of 16 in the 2019 World Cup before losing to the Netherlands 2-1. The defense Moeka Minami They will reportedly try to build on the success of Japan’s men’s team, which reached the round of 16 at the World Cup in Qatar last year after defeating former champions Spain and Germany in the group stage.
“I feel strongly that we should raise the spirits around women’s football, which is built on the success of the men,” Minami said.
Source: La Verdad
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