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Japanese National Team Midfielder Takefusa Kubo Talks Strategy and Confidence Ahead of Asian Cup Final

Coach Moriyasu (left) and Kubo at the press conference (photo by Kentaro Nishikai)
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The midfielder of the Japanese representative Takefusa Kubo (22, Real Sociedad), who will face the Bahrain national team in the first round of the Asian Cup final (on the 31st), participated in a press conference on the 30th in Doha, Qatar.

Kubo attended the press conference the day before with director Hajime Moriyasu. Looking at the match against Bahrain, “In the opinion of the players, with the group stage over, the start of the final tournament and some teams having to return to their home countries, we can reaffirm that if we lose, it’s over. We have had “We want to come together and do our best to get through the first game,” he said enthusiastically.

He also said: “First of all, we are in the knockout stage, so we don’t have time to see how things will go. First of all, we want to dominate the match on the opponent’s pitch from the start, press, and attack aggressively. ” Painting.

He continued: “We want to avoid conceding early like we did against Iraq, so we want to take into account the risk of a counterattack and apply pressure, which is our weapon, at 5:10:15,” ‘ adding: “We want to apply pressure, which is our weapon, at the 5:10:15 mark.” And so.

When asked whether there are many physically strong players in the Bahrain national team, he replied: “We played against a similar team in our second match in Iraq, so we experienced the physical aspects. We shared the tactics, so it’s not a problem,” he underlined.

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