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On the 23rd, the Japanese national team’s FW Takuma Asano (VfL Bochum) scored the winning goal against the German national team in the first group stage match of the FIFA World Cup Qatar tournament. Contribute to Japan’s great Venus Moriyasu and attract attention. Takuma Asano canceled his contract with Serbian 1st Division Partizan in May last year. He joined VfL Bochum in the following month, but after leaving Partizan, he appears to have rejected a move to Croatia from Sanfrecce Hiroshima colleague Michael Mikic. “German” Croatian media reports on the 24th.

Takuma Asano played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima for three and a half years from the 2013 season. He transferred to Arsenal in July 2016, but was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart and Hannover due to failure to obtain a work permit. He had been with Partizan since August 2019, but in May last year he announced that he would cancel his contract due to unpaid wages.

Takuma Asano and Mikić, who were teammates at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, retired in April 2019. Until August this year, he was registered as a member of staff at Dinamo Zagreb, a strong team in Croatia’s first division.

Although Takuma Asano’s performance in the game against Germany created a sensation, Mr. Mikić remembers an episode about the player in an interview with “German”. “[Pan adawodd Partizan ac yn annibynnol]I offered him with the permission of the club. I offered him an annual salary of 720,000 euros[tua 95 miliwn yen ar y pryd]but he refused.”

“Still, Takuma Asano was grateful for the offer from Dinamo Zagreb. Moreover, he said, ‘I’m only interested in returning to the top five European leagues. I want to do that.

“I felt a bit overconfident with him at the time, but he played for Bochum and prepared very well for the World Cup,” said Dinamo Zagreb after failing to sign Takuma Asano.

Regarding Takuma Asano’s performance against Germany, “Germanijak” said, “After the Saudi Arabian national team defeated the Argentine national team 2-1, the next sensation was the Japanese national team. It was a surprise.”

“Germany were leading 1-0 and they had many chances to score more goals, but they were overtaken at the last minute. Takuma Asano scored the second goal and made it 2-1 for the Japanese national team and the greatest hero who has brought me so much joy.”

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