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After one year, the Japanese coach talks about 7-0 again: It is a huge blow to the national football team! We only play 6-70%

12:46pm, 17 September 2025【Football】

On September 16, Japanese team coach Bochi Mori attended the Yomiuri Shimbun interview program. During this period, he reviewed the Japanese team's World Cup qualifiers. Mori Boichi also specifically talked about the first home match against the Chinese men's football team in the quarterfinals.

In the first round of the quarterfinals held on September 5 last year, the Japanese men's football team defeated the Chinese men's football team 7-0 at home. In the whole game, the Japanese team scored 7 goals with 9 shots, while the Chinese men's football team only had one shot in the game, which was powerless to fight back. The score of 0-7 also created the biggest score loss in the World Cup qualifiers.

For this game, Moribaya has always said that it is very critical for the Japanese men's football team: "This gave us great confidence to start the journey of the top 18. I think my players may only play 6-70%. At that time, our overseas players had to travel a long distance, from cool Europe to hot Japan, and had to deal with the jet lag, and obviously did not play at their best. Of course, the Chinese team suffered a crushing defeat in the first game, and I think this was for them. It must be a huge blow." When asked whether it was within expectations for the successful promotion to the World Cup, Moribayachi admitted: "I have no intention of being condescending, but considering the strength of Japanese players in Asia, it is natural for us to advance to the World Cup finals." In this round of 18, the Japanese men's football team became the first team to advance to the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup. Currently, the Japanese men's football team ranks 17th in the world and is also the highest-ranked team in Asia.