Japan football team

Japan’s players celebrate as they pull off a rousing comeback against Spain to reach the knockout stages. Photograph: Quality Sport Images/Getty Images Japan’s players celebrate as they pull off a rousing comeback against Spain to reach the knockout stages. Photograph: Quality Sport Images/Getty Images S amurai Blue is more than just a nickname to Japan. To hear the veteran defender Yuto Nagatomo speak on the eve of their last‑16 tie against Croatia was to receive a rousing education in how it relates to the character of a national team fighting to reach the “To use the analogy of the samurai,” the 36-year-old began, “before they go into battle they polish their weapons and improve their technique. But if they are scared in battle they will not be able to use their weapons or their technique properly. It is the same in football. Tactics and technique are important but if you are scared on the field they are useless. To maximise all the tactics we have been practising in the last four years we need courage. The Japanese samurai is famous around the world and we would like to fight like samurais. Tomorrow we would like to showcase how courageously we fight.” It was aWorldCuplike no other. For the last 12 years the Guardian has been reporting on the issues surrounding Qatar2022, from corruption and human rights abuses to thetreatment of migrant workers and discriminatory laws. The best of our journalism is gathered on our dedicated Guardian reporting goes far beyond what happ...

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