(2006年6月17日)

　　為了能夠在第二場對克羅地亞的比賽中取得勝利，日本主帥濟科將會在他的陣容中增加兩名進攻球員，他希望能保住亞洲冠軍在世界盃賽上晉級的希望。

　　小笠原 ?男由於射門和傳球技術不錯，他將會給日本隊的中場增強進攻火力。另外，有于有傷缺席第一場比賽的加地 亮將會歸隊，他將使日本隊的邊路進攻更加犀利。

　　面對力量和作風更加強硬的克羅地亞隊，濟科將在後衛線派出四名防守隊員，這樣，就可以讓兩名邊後衛有更多的機會邊路助攻，給中場球員以強大的支持。

　　巧合的是，日本和克羅地亞都是在1998年初次登上世界盃的舞臺，而這次都是兩國第三次參加世界盃的比賽。

　　為了保留晉級下一輪的希望，全取三分都是兩隊的唯一目標。

　　鏈結：http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblwc2006gpfjpncro&prov=afp&type=lgns

　　原文：

　　New-look Japan raring to attack Croatia

　　by Shigemi Sato

　　June 17, 2006

　　NUREMBERG (AFP) - Japan coach Zico has added two attack-minded players to his line-up in a bid to get the goals he needs to keep the Asian champions's World Cup hopes alive in their second game against Croatia here on Sunday.

　　Mitsuo Ogasawara adds a shooting and passing flair to midfield and Zico's first-choice right winger Akira Kaji, who missed Japan's 3-1 defeat by Australia in their opener, is back from injury to sharpen up the wing play.

　　"I have always worked on my long-range shooting and I must try that out in this game," said Ogasawara, who sat on the bench in the Australia game, as he prepared to start in a World Cup match for the first time.

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　　"It is frustrating to watch a match from the sidelines. I'm glad that I can play," said the J-League Kashima Antlers captain, 27, who played six minutes in his 2002 debut on the World Cup finals on home turf.

　　"I think I need play as I usually do," he added.

　　Against the more physical Croatia, who lost their opener 1-0 to five-time champions Brazil, Zico plans to employ a four-man last line which can free up two side backs to join four midfielders in pressing forward.

　　In the Australia game, his cautious three-back defence, joined by two wingers, had kept the Asian champions deep in the field inviting the three-goal onslaught that submerged them in the last nine minutes of the match.

　　Ogasawara had no place in the 3-5-2 system which featured three midfielders -- including Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura and Bolton's Hidetoshi Nakata -- and two flankers who are usually positioned as full backs in 4-4-2.

　　"It's going to be my personal World Cup opener," said Kaji, a J-League defender with Gamba Osaka, who injured his right ankle in the 2-2 warm-up draw against hosts Germany on May 30.

　　"My ankle feels fine now," he said. "My plan is to run hard down the wings and help open up spaces in the centre, allowing our midfielders to shoot at goal."

　　Kaji, who steers Japan's wing attacks with Brazilian-born left-winger Alessandro "Alex" Santos, scored his only goal in 42 international matches when Japan beat Iran 2-1 at home in their final Asian qualifier last August.

　　"Kaji is raring to go and Ogasawara looks ready to have a pot at goal. I believe everybody else will be keen to hit the target," Japan Football Association president Saburo Kawabuchi said.

　　Japan and Croatia, both playing in their third World Cup finals since their debut in 1998, need to win on Sunday to keep themselves in contention for a spot in the second round -- their basic goal at Germany 2006.

　　Croatia finished third in France 1998 and coach Zlato Kranjcar said they would "demonstrate attacking football," a promise taken by Zico as a bluff by the often defensive Balkan side.

　　"If we play at the same level as we did against Brazil, we can beat Japan with no problem," Kranjcar told the Japanese network NHK. "My players shall definitely score goals this time."

　　Updated on Saturday, Jun 17, 2006 4:10 am EDT

　　作者-岳東興-北京第二外國語學院-英語系

責編：佟杉杉