Alberto Zaccheroni has vowed to make things hard for Les Bleus when the two sides meet at Stade de France in an international friendly on Friday
The Asian champions will face Didier Deschamps’ side in a friendly game on Friday, and the Japan coach has assured the supporters that they will play an aggressive game and will go for a win.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-c4309 Zaccheroni, who led the Samurai Blue to Asian Cup title in 2011, believes that his side has what it takes to beat Les Bleus at their own backyard, and has vowed to test them to limits.
While talking to reporters, the 59-year-old stated that he doesn’t feel that France are a better team and has vowed to give them a hard time on Friday.
Talking about the game plan, the coach said that Japan will play an aggressive game against Didier Deschamps’ side and they won’t sit back and defend at Stade de http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899.
The former Milan coach said that his side is beaming with confidence at the moment and players are confident of getting a positive result on Friday.
"I don't feel we are going up against team that is a class above us, I don't want to see http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Japan-c2928 hold back and defend; we will fight with courage."
Talking about his side’s recent performances, Zaccheroni said that the Samurai Blue have been phenomenal over the last couple of years and underestimating them would be a mistake. The coach added that such games are great for his side in terms of preparations
for the 2014 World Cup.
"Japan have exceeded http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 and France in the rate of growth in recent years. We still have about two years to go before the World Cup and I want to bring us up to stand level”
The former Milan manager added that the match against Les Bleus is an opportunity for the Asian champions to show the world what they are capable of.
“We won't know where we stand in the world now if we don't fight with courage. I want to see French and Brazilian players have a hard time and be on the defensive."
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