On the 23rd, Japan national team FW Takuma Asano (VfL Bochum) scored the winning goal against the German national team in the first match of the group stage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar tournament. Contributing to the large Venus of Moriyasu Japan and attracting attention. Takuma Asano canceled his contract with Serbian first division side Partizan in May last year. He joined VfL Bochum the following month, but after leaving Partizan, he appears to have refused to move to Croatia from colleague Michael Mikic of Sanfrecce Hiroshima. The Croatian media “Germanijak” reported it on the 24th.
Takuma Asano played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima for three and a half years from the 2013 season. He moved to Arsenal in July 2016, but was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart and Hannover due to failing to obtain a work permit . He had belonged to Partizan since August 2019, but in May last year he announced that he would terminate his contract due to non-payment of salaries.
Takuma Asano and Mikić, who was a teammate at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, retired in April 2019. Until August this year, he was enlisted as a staff member of Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia’s first division strong team.
While Takuma Asano’s performance in the match against Germany is causing a sensation, Mr. Mikić recalls an episode of the player in an interview with “Germanijak”. “[Quando ha lasciato il Partizan ed era indipendente]I made him an offer with the consent of the club. I offered him an annual salary of 720,000 euros[circa 95 milioni di yen all’epoca]but he refused”.
“Even so, Takuma Asano was grateful for Dinamo Zagreb’s offer. Furthermore, he said, ‘I am only interested in returning to the top five European leagues. I want
“I felt a bit too confident with him at the time, but he played for Bochum and prepared very well for the World Cup,” said Dinamo Zagreb after their failed signing of Takuma Asano.
Regarding Takuma Asano’s performance against Germany, “Germanijak” said, “After the Saudi Arabia national team defeated the Argentina national team 2-1, the next sensation was the Japanese national team. It was a surprise “.
“Germany led 1-0 and had many chances to score more goals, but they were overtaken in the last minute. Takuma Asano scored the second goal and made it 2-1 for the Japan national team. He is the greatest hero who ever brought me great joy”.
