Japan lost to Croatia on penalty kicks on Monday.
Industrialist Anand Mahindra often shares his views on social media on the happenings around the world. In his latest post, the Mahindra Group Chairman shared a touching photo of Hajime Moriyasu, Japan’s football team manager, expressing his gratitude after his team lost 3-1 to Croatia in the penalty shoot-out at FIFA Seen bowing before the fans. world cup on monday
Sharing the heartwarming picture, Mr Mahindra wrote, “Just two words to describe it: Dignity. Grace. (Team Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu expressing gratitude to the fans)”.
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Just two words to describe it: Dignity. Beautiful.
(Team Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu expressing his gratitude to the fans) pic.twitter.com/wH2rNMhZ2A— Anand Mahindra (@anandmahindra) December 6, 2022
Mr Mahindra shared the picture on Tuesday morning and it has since collected over 20,000 likes and several comments. One user wrote, “Very polite attitude.” Another said, “Respect, respect and more respect for this man, his team, his country and his culture of integrity and humility.”
A third commented, “Japan lost the match due to minor errors. But, they put Asia on the football map,” while a fourth said, “Japan continues to impress with its values”.
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Meanwhile, coming back to the match, Japan lost to Croatia on Monday on penalty kicks. While both teams managed to level the score at 1–1 throughout the match, as a tiebreaker, the organizers then called for a penalty kick-out. Here Mario Pasalic scored the winning penalty to send Croatia through. In total, the Croatians managed to score 3 goals, while Japan managed to score only one goal.
The defeat saw a crushing end to Japan’s bid to reach the last eight for the first time in their history. On the other hand, Croatia will now face Brazil in the last eight.
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