The Japanese team was reversed by the Iranian team, reflecting the five major problems of the Japanese team:
The Japanese team has beaten Germany, Turkey, Canada, Spain and other strong teams one after another, and they have been somewhat blinded. I thought it would be very easy for me to play in the Asian team, but I didn't expect to play stumbling in the Asian Cup, not only losing to Iraq, but also conceding goals every game, even against Southeast Asian teams such as Vietnam and Indonesia, and did not keep a clean sheet. It's hard for such a backline to go far.
Kaoru Mikasa was injured, and Junya Ito was deeply involved in the peachy news, making the Japanese team's tactics of flying on both wings impossible to achieve. The Japanese team's attacking threat in the frontcourt, which broke its wings, suddenly decreased.
It can be seen that the core stars are very important to the Japanese team, even if there are so many foreign players in the lineup, they cannot fully make up for the shortcomings of the lineup.
They are far less physically fit than Iran and Iraq against tough teams. So, two defeats in this tournament have completely exposed their weaknesses. However, it is difficult to change the shortcomings of the congenital deficiency of the physical condition of the Japanese.
In the group stage, they have already lost to Iraq, and in the 1 4 finals, they met Iran, which is very close to the Iraqi team, but they still lost and almost fell in the same place. It can be seen that Moriyasu can no longer give more help to the Japanese team, and perhaps only a change of coach can change the current situation of the Japanese team.
In every competition, all the favorites who everyone is optimistic about often fail to win the cup. It was this spell that the Japanese team was knocked out.