A touching video shows a father helping his blind son follow the Portugal vs. Uzbekistan match by using a football board and guiding his hands through every play. I pray Ronaldo sees this. β€οΈ
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π¨ Shinji Kagawa praises Japanβs rise and questions why Manchester United arenβt looking there more often:
βLook at Japanβs record since 2023. Theyβve played over 40 games and lost only a handful, just 3 or 4. Thatβs incredible. There are players being called up today who barely know what it feels like to lose in a Japan shirt.
The talent coming through is unbelievable. Recently I visited an academy in Japan and what I saw genuinely surprised me. Not tricks for social media. Not skills for highlight reels. Iβm talking about an actual 11v11 game. The technical level, the movement, the decision-makingβ¦ it felt like I was watching football from the future.
Thatβs what makes me wonder: why arenβt more of the biggest clubs in the world looking there? Why arenβt clubs like Manchester United tapping into this talent pool more aggressively? Because a lot of these kids have the mentality United supporters love. They work, they listen and theyβd run through a wall for the badge.
The funny thing is that I went there expecting to teach them about football. By the end, I realized there wasnβt much I could teach them about the game itself. So we ended up talking about mentality, discipline and handling pressure instead. Because talent gets you noticed, but character is what gets you to the top.β