[Lam Cheuk Chun, Doha, Qatar] Last year's Asian Cup finalists, Japan, continue to be regarded as the favorite to win the Cup, the performance of the Japanese media naturally concerned about the reporter in Doha, Qatar, this year's tournament, for the Japan Sports Channel as a special correspondent of the former Japanese MVP Sato Shouren, and had the opportunity to listen to him to share his views on the Japanese team this year, the road to the bidding.
This reporter was at a coffee shop near the media center on Sunday when a very familiar figure walked by, and upon further confirmation, it turned out to be Shouren Sato, who helped Sanfrecce Hiroshima to win the Japanese game three times. The reporter identified himself and asked for an interview with the former Japanese MVP, but to his surprise the former MVP graciously agreed to do so. 2020 after his retirement, Sato Shouren has changed his role to be active in the sports media industry, and he revealed that he has been invited by a Japanese sports channel to work as a special correspondent in Doha during the final week of the Asian Cup.
With Hong Kong returning to the stage in the final week of the Asian Cup, reporters asked Sato about his thoughts on the Hong Kong team: "I have had the opportunity to play against Hong Kong in the past, and I have the impression that their style of play is relatively simple and direct, but I believe that Hong Kong's team will gradually move to a higher level of development in Asia in the future. On Japan's bid to repeat as Asian Cup champions, Sato expressed his confidence in the Blue Samurai: "We lost to Qatar in the final last time, and we are all very upset, but I think this year's Japanese team has a much higher caliber of players, and I'm confident that Japan will win the title.
