Japanese head coach Morikaichi : The disappointed Japanese team will recover better
In the round of 16, the Japanese team lost to Croatia in the penalty kick battle, which made the Japanese team players very frustrated, but although head coach Morikaichi was disappointed, he looked forward to the bright future of the Japanese team.
, which hopes to enter the top 8, performed more actively than lattice in the first half and took the lead through Maeda Daran , but after Perisic equalized , the momentum of the Japanese team weakened;
, in the following game, neither side found a way to score, and finally Japan lost 1-3 in the penalty shootout.
The Japanese team entered the quarterfinals three times before, and fell at the feet of Türkiye , Paraguay and Belgian on the way to advance to the quarterfinals.
Maya Yoshida: "For four years, we have been working hard every day, hoping to break this curse, but we have not got the result we want."
He is one of the three players who saved the penalty by a Croatian goalkeeper; Livakovic also saved the penalty from Takumi Minamio and Sanzao; only Takuma Asano scored the penalty;
Mario Passalic calmly scored the winning penalty, and the plaid team won 3-1 in the penalty shootout.
winger Anlu : "The result of the penalty kick cannot be attributed to anyone, the problem is that we cannot end the game in 120 minutes."
defender Nagato Yuto : "It is difficult to find a suitable language. I think this regret will bring better results in the next few years."
head coach Mori Boichi: "I don't think the players lost to pressure. The players who played 120 minutes and the players who punished the penalty kick are brave. I want to give them a thumbs up, they fight with all their might under such a huge pressure."
"Of course we want to win, but the result is regretful, but this cannot deny the efforts of all players... We failed to break the curse of entering the quarterfinals, But the players showed the style of a new generation of Japanese football. "
" We defeated World Cup champions Germany and Spain. We have confidence in our abilities. Our goal is not just to catch up, but to surpass. I think the future of Japanese football will be different. "
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In the knockout round of the Russian World Cup four years ago, Croatia turned defeat into victory in overtime three times and eventually lost to France in the final.
In Qatar , the lattice legion once again demonstrated their resilience and patience.
Croatian head coach Dalic: "The Japanese may have underestimated us and never do this to Croatian ."
"We are a small country, but we are diligent, we work hard, we fight for what we want."
"When we started the penalty shootout today, I was very confident and I trust Livakovic."
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