YOKOHAMA ¨C National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic branded Japan¡¯s 3-3 draw with Haiti on Tuesday ¡°the worst match I have seen¡± and warned his players to shape up or be humiliated in next month¡¯s friendlies against Brazil and Belgium.
¡°I¡¯ve been a manager for many years and I¡¯ve never seen a match as bad as this,¡± Halilhodzic told reporters after Shinii Kagawa had saved Japan from an embarrassing friendly defeat to the Caribbean minnows with a 92nd-minute equalizer at Nissan Stadium.
¡°People would think I was ridiculous if I started talking about the World Cup after a match like this. I have to apologize to the supporters. They came out and created a great atmosphere, the perfect conditions for us to play in. We couldn¡¯t live up to that and that¡¯s my responsibility.¡±
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