Dan Orlowitz delivers brutal verdict on Hajime Moriyasu as Japan crash to Costa Rica defeat
Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Motherwell - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - May 14, 2022 Celtic's Yosuke Ideguchi, Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate and Daizen Maeda celebrates winning the Scottish Premiership with the trophy Action Images via Reuters/Molly Darlington
Dan Orlowitz wasn’t pulling his words as he watched Japan crash to defeat against Costa Rica in Qatar today.
After beating Germany 2-1 in their opening group match the stage was set to make progress against opponents coming off a 7-0 defeat to Spain.
The thinking of coach Hajime Moriyasu have long been a mystery to Celtic supporters with Kyogo Furuhashi and Reo Hatate failing to make it into the 26 strong squad on duty in Qatar.
With Daizen Maeda left on the bench today Japan put in a tepid performance, lost to Costa Rica’s only shot at goal which means that a defeat to Spain in the final group match will lead to an early exit just over a week after shocking Germany.
Moriyasu is unlikely to survive an early exit but a visit to United Nations International Court of Justice might be a step too far!
I’m not sure there’s an explanation for that result that doesn’t end in Moriyasu being sent to the Hague instead of flying back to Japan after this tournament ends.
— Dan Orlowitz (@aishiterutokyo) November 27, 2022
This 100% they won a game they were happy to take a draw in or even a narrow defeat after battering again Spain ?
— Andrew Brennan (@AndrewB11781440) November 27, 2022
Reo & Kyogo should have been in the squad.
— Ewan McTeagle (@DavidThedoc1210) November 27, 2022
Moriyasu ? Sufferball
— ??????? (@raymond_nk) November 27, 2022
Japan should have won that, when you leave out Kyogo and Hatate ???? what is else there to say
— Celtic Now And Forever ?? (@celtic_now) November 27, 2022