The Future of Japanese football -Ritsu Doan-

This is Ritsu Doan from Japan and he is 20 years old.  He belongs to GroningenFC in Eredivisie of the Nethetlands league. His position is side midfielder. I was especially suprised that he is still 20 years old. And he was chosen to be on the Japanese national team this year. He is exactly genius. I will introduce his play style . First, he can easily dodge opponents with speedy dribbling. And his shoot accuracy is good, penetrating from the left side to the center and getting a fantastic goal.

Please watch this video. This goal is very beautiful. By the way, Do you know famous Japanese players? When speaking of japanese star players, Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa will come to mind. But they have not been chosen for the Japanese national team. Now is a time of generational change. Japanese football of the future is gradually getting brighter. He is interested in playing for many famous strong teams. So many think he will transfer to a strong team during the winter or next summer. I hope that will he will get better and better and lead the Japanese national team in a good direction.

Giant of the impregnable guard- Kalidou Koulibaly-

 

 I will introduce my favorite defender. This is Kalidou Koulibaly from Senegal and he is 27 years old. He belongs to Napoli in Serie A of the Italian league.  His position is centre back. Centre back is the pivot of the defense to set up in the center in front of the goal. He has two main roles. First, he must stop the attack of the opponents. Second, when there is a set play of on his team, the centre back participates in the attack in positively. Therefore, the centre back is a very important position in football.


 I will introduce his great points as a centre back. He is 196 centimeters tall and has a tremendous body. Please watch this video. This goal is his best  goal in my opinion. He got the goal that made use of his powerful body. This game is Napoli vs Juventus of  Serie A in April of this year. Juventus is the strongest team in Serie A. Juventus always wins the chanpionship of Serie A. Napoli is aimost always in second place. This game seemed like a draw. But Koulibaly led his team to victory. Just before the game ended, he had a powerful headshot. I think that was fantastic.  If I was the goalkeeper of the opponents, couldn't my move. I think he is like 『a monster!!』.