On Friday, Japan's new senior team coach will take charge for his first match. It's against Argentina, and apparently superstars such as Messi will be in the squad (though of course we don't know who will be playing in the actual starting eleven).
It's a difficult situation for Zaccheroni (spelling?) because Japan won its first two matches after the World Cup with its caretaker manager, Harumi Harada, against Paraguay and Guatemala. At that time, Shinji Kagawa were on fire after being excluded from the World Cup, and scored one of the goals; now, he's probably a little bit tired after his first few matches of the season and the flight back to Japan from Germany. Similarly, Matsui and Honda will have to fly back from Russia, and neither has been scoring goals recently. And above all, the opponents are very strong this time!
Unfortunately for Zack, the mood is good now, and despite all the extenuating circumstances if Japan loses the mood is likely to get worse. But at least it looks like he wants to attack: he has called up eight forwards!
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