Thursday, July 28, 2011
Former Japanese coach of Azkals interested in acquiring Pinoys
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Takashi
Morimoto is the President of Deren Sumida, a Mongolian football club
who also moonlights as a football journalist. He first came to Manila
last February to cover the AFC Challenge Cup qualifying match between
the Philippines and Mongolia. And he came away mightily impressed.
Now
Morimoto is in Manila to once more watch the Azkals play Kuwait in a
match that could hold massive implications should the embattled home
team pull through albeit miraculously.
Morimoto,
who is Japanese, said that he became even more interested in the Azkals
after seeing how Mongolians reacted to their 2-1 win in the Challenge
Cup home leg of the Blue Wolves.
“Mongolians
were angry at their team even if they won,” related Morimoto who flew
in from Sweden where his Deren Sumida played in a tournament. “They said
that the Filipinos had better skills and technique.”
Morimoto
was also in conversation last May with former Philippine National Team
head coach Sugao Kambe who handled the team from 2002-2003. Kambe, who is
currently the technical director JEF United Chiba, said he is
interested in getting Philippine players to play in Japan’s second
division league for the next season.
Kanbe
was also reportedly keenly following the exploits of Team Philippines.
Said Morimoto, “Kambe wishes that football in the Philippines was
popular during his time in Manila.”
According
to Morimoto, the nationals’ current head coach, Michael Weiss, has
become also popular in Japan because the German also spent quite some
time in Japan coaching. Weiss is also married to a Japanese woman.
“It’s
very difficult,” commented Morimoto on the Azkals’ chances of beating
Kuwait. “It’s difficult but not impossible. They have to score goals in
the first half.”
source: Rick Olivares
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