Ghana coach: Japan is strong and needs to focus on Kubo Takehide and Itakura Koji

6686 Sports News on November 13 On November 14, the Japanese team will play the Ghana team in a friendly match. Before the game, Ghana coach Addo attended a press conference at the Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, where the competition was held. Due to the absence of many core players due to injuries, Ghana's roster this time is mainly composed of reserve players and young new players.

Addo admitted that this battle is also an important opportunity to review the lineup and train for the future

“We are very happy to come to Japan to compete. Although this is not the first time we have played against each other, Japan is indeed a strong team. , A well-organized team. We know that tomorrow's game will be difficult, but the whole team has done enough research and hopes to play a compact and high-quality confrontation."

Talk about the overall characteristics of the Japanese team

"Japan. The team has great diversity on both offense and defense, and the strategic system is flexible and changeable. They can either use low defense or quickly switch to a 5-4-1 formation; they can press high and have extremely fast transition speed between offense and defense. These are their qualities. The advantage lies in it."

Players worth paying attention to in the Japanese team

"Kubao Takehide is very threatening in one-on-one situations. There are also excellent strikers who are constantly developing on the front line, and they have the ability to directly score goals through passes from the wing to the penalty area. . As for the defensive end, Itakura's performance is very stable and he is a top central defender."

The Japanese team has a large number of players who have played in high-level European leagues

"This is a truly world-class team. Team. We have prepared carefully and are looking forward to this contest."

Ghana is ranked 73rd and Japan is ranked 19th

"This is indeed the current ranking, but this is different from our experience in the World Cup qualifying period. However, we have won successively and successfully qualified from the African zone. In fact, we were in a similar situation before the last World Cup - we defeated Switzerland in the friendly match and South Korea in the main match, which proved that Ghana is fully capable of competing with strong teams. ”