“win! I will win! Shortly before the match with Spain, Hiroyuki Yabe received a message from a player of the Japanese national team – Nippon Broadcasting System NEWS ONLINE

In the radio program “Ninety-Nine’s All Night Nippon” (Nippon Broadcasting, every Thursday from 25:00) broadcast at midnight on December 1 (Thursday) by comedy duo Ninety-Nine Takashi Okamura and Hiroyuki Yabe, Yabe will appear in the Middle East.・He told a secret story with a Japanese national footballer who fought in Qatar.

This day’s broadcast is just before the FAFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Group E Round 3, Japan vs Spain, and before the important match that will advance to the final tournament for the second tournament in a row, the footballer combination Ninety-Nine is a bit ‘ excited. it seems. Meanwhile, Yabe revealed that there was a private message exchange with a Japanese national team player.

Yabe: I thought I wouldn’t talk too much about my private life with the players, but I thought it would be good for today… Even as the match against Spain is approaching, the Japan national team captain just said: “Don’t we can let it end like this” and “We can win! “All the players are in a great mood, so I’ll do my best!” I am nervous and want to encourage you with the same feeling.

It was Maya Yoshida, captain of the Japan national soccer team and central defender, who delivered the email to Yabe. It was a sentence from the email that conveyed the grit and tension of the captain of the Japanese national team who was facing the fateful match. Perhaps in response to the Yabe episode, Okamura also said he received a message from a certain person.

Ninety-nine Takashi Okamura

Okamura: Coincidentally, I also received a text from my high school soccer team captain saying, “Let’s go!”

Yabe: Ahahahahaha (laughs). cold! I’m a real captain.

Okamura: (laughs). LINE bursts! I entered and only one classmate reacted.

Thanks to the spirit of the two captains, the Japanese national team beat the Spanish national team 2-1. They topped the group in first place and advanced to the final tournament. It was the combination of footballers Ninety-Nine that realistically conveyed the expectations and tensions of the players and the crowd shortly before the fateful match.