AL RAYYAN, Qatar: Japan want to build their own style of football by learnig from other countries, coach Hajime Moriyasu said on Saturday after the Bundesliga players in his squad stepped up to beat four-time champions Germany in the World Cup opener.
The Japanese, competing at their seventh World Cup, are strongly placed to reach the knockout phase in successive tournaments for the first time. "We have eight players in the German leagues, we are grateful to German football for their cooperation.Japan are second in Group E with three points, behind leaders Spain on goal difference. The Asian giants face bottom-placed Costa Rica on Sunday, with a victory assuring them of a spot in the knockouts if Germany fail to win against Spain.
"The Costa Rica team have high physical performance and can play in an organised manner, that's what we have observed," he said."They are a good team.. even for us it will be a crucial second match.""When we move from the attack to defence, we would like to do it quickly. However, we would like to hold the ball and control the game, that's what we are trying in practice.
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