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Japan coach Akira Nishino said his players were lost to words after their crushing 3-2 loss to Belgium on Monday at the World Cup.
Japanese players were about to make history but lost a goal At the end of the second half, it was Belgium who faced Brazil in the quarterfinals.
"I told players to go take a shower because they could not do anything" Nishino after the goal of Nacer Chadli, author of a quick counter-attack at Following a Japanese corner
"I do not really want to admit it, but it was a tragedy, but I have to accept this defeat I feel devastated, very disappointed.
"The players played to the best of their abilities, we showed good football on the field but our goal was to go to the next round, so I can not say that it is a success. "
After surviving a dominating spell of Belgium in the first half, Japan's Genki Haraguchi gave them a shock lead that Takashi Inui doubled quickly from a long-range strike.
But as Japan looks set to break the fence Jan Vertonghen and Marouane Fellaini qualify for the quarterfinals after the last two outings in 2002 and 2010 for Belgium, 58 places above the standings FIFA World Cup
The Nishino team has been striving to restore They have been punished for their adventurous approach by the deadly counterattack of Belgium.
"This is n. not only that we played well, but we had to win this match, we wanted to win, our "The coach, who took the reins of Japan two months before the start of the World Cup after Vahid Halilhodzic was sacked, said that the eq uipe was strong enough and we could match Belgium. not his players were at fault for
"When they scored, I wondered if I was in control in the game, and I thought I should be blamed and not the players," he added. "I blamed myself, I questioned my tactics."
"I wanted my players to have a different mentality than the Japanese teams in the past, I think we managed to have a different mentality, but there was something missing in our skills and powers."
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