Yuto Nagatomo said he was giving himself a penalty run after beating Honda on penalty kick (C) ORICON NewS inc. It was held in Yokohama on the 26th. A special match was held in which a total of eight legends participated, including Keisuke Honda, who was the founder of this tournament, as well as Yuto Nagatomo and Yasuhito Endo, who competed together at the World Cup.
Other members include Takashi Inui, Akihiro Ienaga, Takanori Sakai, Ryo Miyaichi, and Tadanari Lee. In the special match, the legends competed against Compania, the winning team that was crowned the first champion of this tournament. The adults showed off their abilities here, and the Legends team won 6-4.
After that, a legend match was held between the Honda team and Nagatomo team. The Honda team had Honda, Ienaga, Lee, and Sakai, and the Nagatomo team had one support member each in addition to Nagatomo, Inui, Miyaichi, and Endo. In the early stages, the Honda team gained the upper hand with Lee’s first shot and Honda’s diving header that plunged his entire body into the goal. However, in the final stages, Nagatomo’s team made a strong attack and caught up with them, ending the game with a score of 13-13. A sudden-death penalty shootout took place, and in the end, goalkeeper Honda stopped Nagatomo, but the match ended with goalkeeper Nagatomo unable to stop Honda.
After the tournament, Nagatomo responded to an interview and expressed his remorse, saying, “All I have left is regret. That’s it. I just want to go home and run on the field.” “In the end, I missed and Keisuke decided…I’m so disappointed. When I get home, I’ll really run,” he said, giving himself a penalty run.
He has played soccer with Honda since 2018. Nagatomo said, “I haven’t seen him kicking the ball lately.I told him, “If it’s one-on-one, come and attack me,” but he just ran away with passes. I thought I wanted to see Nagatomo one-on-one, but he hit me with one touch. It’s not like that.” He said, “It’s not like that. That’s why I’m even more disappointed that we lost on penalty kicks. They didn’t even try one-on-one, and we lost on penalty kicks. “It’s been a bad day,” he said jokingly, making people laugh.
After the match, Honda also talked about his plans to hold a tournament next year in the U-12 and adult categories in addition to the U-10 category.
2023-12-26 11:36:36
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