Former national team manager Akira Nishino admits he still has regrets about Japan¡¯s exit from this summer¡¯s World Cup in Russia, but he believes the team has a bright future under successor Hajime Moriyasu.
¡°Moriyasu hasn¡¯t been a manager for a great deal of time but he won the J. League title three times in four years with Sanfrecce Hiroshima and brought young players through,¡± Nishino, who made way for Moriyasu at the end of July, told The Japan Times in an exclusive interview earlier this week.
¡°He also has experience of nurturing young players from when he coached the Japan Under-19 team. He¡¯s young and he doesn¡¯t have a huge amount of experience, but he does have a lot of quality. He¡¯s very good at bringing through young players.¡±
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