Koji Sorimachi, chairman of the technical committee of the Japan Football Association, answered the interview after the technical committee meeting for the first time after the Japan national team finished the World Cup (World Cup) tournament in Qatar on 12 and l coach of the national team for the next World Cup in 2026. While refraining from specifying the deadline for deciding the conditions, he said: “It will be an important point to exploit Japan’s potential.”
In the future, we plan to specifically select from more candidates in Japan and abroad, including director Hajime Moriyasu, led by technical committee chairman Sorimachi. He said, “It is necessary to evaluate” the ability of coach Moriyasu who led the team to the quarter-finals, and said, “I will check what was missing” to advance to the quarter-finals for the first time.
