What Taka said after the game against UAE

JP national team defeated UAE 3-1, and Takahara scored 2. Congrats, your "Doppelpack", Taka!
But Taka left the pitch at 67 min because he felt sick. Taka asked the coach to replace him. Oh, my... I hope he is OK.

After the game, Takahara commented like this,

JP news is here;

「昨夜は全然寝られずに、体調を崩した。試合前にだいぶよくなったが、試合をやるにつれて悪くなった。無理してプレーするより、フレッシュな選手を入れる方がチームのためだと思ったので、自分で交代を要請した。今はだいぶ落ち着いてきた。
次のベトナム戦も、もちろんやるつもりで準備する。休むつもりは全くない。」
I felt a little bit sick because I couldn't sleep last night. I felt a bit better just before the game temporarily, but I was getting a bad health as I was playing. I thought it was better for the team that a good condition player would be in the pitch, so I asked the coach to replace me. Now I'm getting better than I was.
I, of course, am going to prepare for the next game against Vietnam. I am not about to skip that game.

（２得点について）
「フィニッシュの場面で、ゴールできる場所にいることが大事。監督からは引かなくていいと指示されていたので、前気味のポジションを取って、タイミングを見てスペースに入りながら動いた。
勝たなければいけない試合で、勝てたことがよかった。勝たないとチームの雰囲気が上がってこない。結果を出すことで、次に向けて頑張っていこうという、リズムをつかみたかった。こういう大会は、勝ち進めば勝ち進むほど力になる。」
(about his getting double scores)
I think it is important to take a good position for scoring at a finish. I basically took a position in rather front area and sometimes moved into a space I found because the coach told me I didn't need to stand back on the defensive.
It was great for us to win the game which we must win. If not, the team wouldn't be in a good mood. I wanted to find our own rhythm of motivation for further games. When it comes to such a big competition, the more we win, the more we get a power. I'm sure about it.

#These translations into English aren't guaranteed.


BTW, we can see this happy photo.

The man next to Taka is Yasuhito Endo who is MF at the J-league team "Ganba Osaka".
We say he looks similar to "Gachapin".


Gachapin is a character of a TV program for kids in Japan.
Endo also admits himself he is like Gachapin... It's a little bit funny, isn't it?!