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Outside of the J-League, he played three years in Germany and two years in Korea. With his wealth of overseas experience, he answered the question accurately.Currently, there is no absolute ace in the Japanese national team. In fact, all four players registered as FWs took the pitch for the four games in a row. However, Jong Tae-se asserts, “There is only one option! I want to talk about the basic premise. The lack of scoring ability and the lack of FWs is a common problem for all countries. (laugh) If you don’t score even one goal in a game, you are said to be not doing your job. The “lack of scoring” argument is never-ending. That’s one of the reasons why I get offers to do interviews like this (laughs). I digress, but after watching the four games in a row, I felt that if you want to score goals, Ayase Ueda (23) of Kashima Antlers is the only one who can do it.” Ueda is the leading scorer in J1 with 10 goals this season. He has recently been linked with a move to Belgian first division club Cercle Brugge. However, he only played in an international friendly against Ghana in June. Hajime Moriyasu, 53, does not consider him high in the pecking order for a midfielder. Still, Jong emphasized, “Ayase Ueda is my first choice. In the Tokyo Olympics, Japan lost the third-place game against Mexico and missed out on a medal, and I remember Ueda was criticized in that game. I was called a ‘war criminal’. But my impression is quite the opposite. When I saw Ueda’s movements, I thought, ‘This guy is amazing. Every move he makes is aimed at the goal. In a word, he smells like a goal. Look at foreign leagues. Players who become top scorers tend to miss goals more often than not. For example, if you were a lower ranked team and had only one chance per game, you would have a hard time scoring. This is probability theory: the more chances you have, the more goals you score. In Japan, people often say, “You need to be able to make all the right decisions,” but that is completely wrong. It is not about scoring goals, but about how many chances you create. In that sense, Ueda has an excellent sense for scoring goals.”   There is the one and only technique that makes professional players fall in love with him.

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