🚨🎙️ IKER CASILLAS ON JAPAN'S GOALKEEPER ZION SUZUKI:
🗣️“I've never been wrong about a goalkeeper.
I know talent when I see one.
And when I watch Zion Suzuki, I see a goalkeeper with everything needed to become one of the best in the world.”
“This is the only young goalkeeper I look at and think could one day be worthy of succeeding Thibaut Courtois at Real Madrid.
That's how highly I rate him.
He has the composure.
He has the courage.
And most importantly, he has the personality.”
“Japan lost today.
But I'm proud to say they found a gem.
Sometimes a defeat introduces a player to the world more than a victory ever could.
I think that's exactly what happened.”
“He's literally just 23...
(laughs)
Twenty-three!
When I was that age, I was still learning what it meant to be a top goalkeeper.
This boy is already playing with the maturity of someone who's been at the highest level for years.”
“What impressed me wasn't only the saves.
It was his decision-making.
His positioning.
His confidence under pressure.
Against one of the strongest attacks in international football, he never looked overwhelmed.
That's the sign of a special goalkeeper.”
“Goalkeepers are different.
You can teach technique.
You can improve distribution.
But you cannot teach personality.
Either you have it or you don't.
Zion Suzuki has it.
That's why I believe he's going far.”
“If he keeps working with the same humility and hunger, Europe will soon be talking about him as one of the elite.
And trust me...
This won't be the last time the football world hears the name Zion Suzuki.”
RESPETO TOTAL SIEMPRE PARA JAPÓN🇯🇵❤️🩹
Los jugadores nipones se despiden de los aficionados con una reverencia en señal de respeto y perdón tras su eliminación🥹
#ESPNMundial
Con lágrimas en los ojos, el entrenador de Japón, Hajime Moriyasu, se inclinó ante los aficionados agradecidos que viajaron a Estados Unidos para apoyar a su equipo 🇯🇵
NO FUERON DIRECTO A CELEBRAR.
Antes, Neymar y Matheus Cunha se acercaron a abrazar y consolar a los jugadores de Japón.
Ese gesto dice tanto como la victoria: respeto por el rival, por su esfuerzo y por todo el trabajo que hay detrás de una eliminación.