[Notizie di calcio europeo/estero]As for the penalty kick by the Japan national team, who topped Group E of the FIFA World Cup (World Cup) Qatar 2022 but lost to Croatia in the first round of the final tournament and were eliminated in the round of 16 final the commentator of “DAZN (Dazon) Italia” gave his opinion.
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In Group E of the ‘death group’ of the FIFA World Cup (World Cup) Qatar 2022, the Japan national team, who accomplished a historic feat by lifting big golden stars from champions Germany and Spain and topped the top, won the first round of the final tournament play against Croatia, who finished second in the group. After 120 minutes of fierce fighting, the score remained 1-1 and the match went to a penalty shootout.
However, only the third Takuma Asano succeeded in Japan, the first Takumi Minamino, the second Kaoru Mitoma and the fourth Maya Yoshida failed. Croatia won 3-1 on penalties after Yuto Nagatomo’s only Inter colleague Marco Rivaya failed to secure a ticket to the quarter-finals.
The commentators of “Dazon Italia” gave their point of view on the penalties between Japan and Croatia in the special of the Qatar World Cup “Night Cup”. Tommaso Turci said he felt uncomfortable with the Japanese second kicker, Mitoma.
“That Mitma penalty, which was the second miss, was taken. After Vlasic (Croatia’s first player Nikola) scored the penalty to give Croatia the lead, there was only a short time before Mitma kicked it I thought I was trotting from the middle to the field”.
“It was the kind of feeling you get when you’re about to miss a penalty. I also got a bit of the same feeling from the way you run before kicking the ball. I won’t.”
Stefano Borghi then defended the 25-year-old Brighton midfielder, emphasizing the special atmosphere of the World Cup. “Tommy, it’s the World Cup. Mitoma faced the Croatian goalkeeper in the round of 16. How about you stay calm in that scene? You can do it,” he complained to his colleague.
However, journalist Luca Farina insisted: “Putting aside the psychological story of that moment, looking objectively at Japan’s penalty kicks, I can say that those three penalties weren’t taken well and it was a mistake.” Borghi said: “Yes, he is. I just thought about staying calm, but Livaya, who looked the calmest of all, hit the post. Is there a recipe for penalties? I don’t know, but maybe we can try get used to that behavior,” he said.
Borghi also mentioned Spain, second in Group E and eliminated on penalties by Morocco.
Luis Enrique revealed at a press conference the day before that he had prepared 1,000 penalties, but all three Spanish players failed in a shoot-out against Morocco. The Italian journalist said: “Luis Enrique did a little bit. It’s hard to imagine him taking a penalty like that,” he said.
