Zion Suzuki has been one of the rising names in Asian football in the past few years. Asian Cup 2023 was supposed to be his first full journey with Japan, but things went out of hand. Now it’s his time to prove the critics wrong, on and off the field.
Jorge Luis Pinto is highly rated in Colombia, but on the same is seen as a controversial figure. He achieved great things with national teams in Latin America but also argued with Keylor Navas. Now he is in the UAE.
Japan finished the Asian Cup with a disappointing defeat at the final against Qatar. At the end of the tournament, what Japan can learn for the next years?
It was an impressive tournament and they deserved this title. With Almoez Ali and Akram Afif, Qatar became the 2019 Asian Cup winners, winning their first ever continental trophy.
