Japan national team coach Hajime Moriyasu said the Asian team managed to surprise in the match against Germany, making the score 2-1, because the players strictly followed his advice during the match at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Germany opened the score with Gundogan (’33, penalty), but the Japanese broke the result in the last quarter of an hour thanks to the success of two reserves, Doan (’75) and Asano (’83).

Japan’s coach Hajime Moriyasu and the huge victory over Germany: “Asian countries go to the world level”

“We wanted to start playing aggressively, we wanted to dominate the match. But Germany is very strong, so we had to defend hard and use our opportunities.

We knew we had to defend better. That’s why we changed the system. The players immediately understood what I meant and how to react to them.

This is a big surprise. We saw Saudi Arabia win against Argentina. Asian countries are reaching the world level” – Hajime Moriyasuquoted by Reuters.

Know:

• It will be recalled that Germany won the title of world champion four times: in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014 editions.

Wednesday matches of the World Cup 2022 Qatar

Croatia vs Morocco 0-0

Germany vs. Japan 1-2

Spain vs. Costa Rica 7-0

Belgium – Canada (from 21:00).

• What happened on Tuesday at the World Cup 2022 in Qatar: Saudi Arabia shock with Argentina/France, easy win with Australia

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