2024-01-18T09:53:30+00:00
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/ The Iraqi national football team’s Spanish coach, Jesus Casas, held today, Thursday, a special press conference for tomorrow’s match against Japan in the second round of the Asian Championship.
Casas said, “We have to present an ideal match to face Japan well, especially since Japan is among the strongest teams in the world, and has players who play in the strongest leagues in the world and gave a great performance in the recent World Cup in Qatar. He also appeared well in the first match he played.” In the current Asian Championship.
He added, “I feel that I am a member of the Iraqi public, and I want to please this audience and make them happy by achieving good results in the tournament. I also hope to bring happiness to the Iraqis and live up to the expectations of the Iraqi public. That is why I am very happy to lead the Iraqi national team.”
He continued, “I am satisfied with the performance of the Iraqi national team players, and the team will need additional players to participate in the match tomorrow against Japan, and we will change our way of playing according to the fluctuations and tactics that the Japanese national team plays with.”
He explained, “It is impossible to present a perfect, complete match in every match. There must be gaps in the team from one match to another, and we seek to correct them,” noting that “in football, making mistakes is possible, but we always try to correct the mistakes and develop the team.”
On the other hand, the coach of the Japanese national team, Hajime Moriyasu, held a press conference for the same occasion, which is the match with the Iraqi national team scheduled for tomorrow, and said, “I am not worried about facing Iraq despite my loss to them as a player in 1993,” stressing that “the players are ready for the Iraq match to provide a better performance than the Vietnam match.” .
He added, “We learned from the mistakes of the last match and I am not worried about the performance. We can provide a better level than that.”
-We reviewed Iraq’s past confrontations, and it is a team characterized by a strong physical aspect and plays as a single bloc.