We played well in the first 15 minutes, but we slowed down a little bit after that.

I think the problem after the third goal was that we stopped believing. You forget everything when you stop believing — what we do in training, our philosophy and our tactics.


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We are all aware that Vissel Kobe is a top-class team, the biggest spending Japanese team. The owners even sponsored Barcelona.


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They spent a lot in terms of football philosophy and they have done it very very well. The Japanese national players, including Iniesta, is top class.


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I think our players were also a bit starstruck with Iniesta. They were not coming in like usual and they were looking at him more, and that ball watching punished us.


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But this is a good learning process for us to grow and understand what it takes to be playing at the highest level. I hope we can improve and to improve we need to keep working hard.


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I’m looking forward to working with Benjamin Mora and the players to improve our weaknesses and do our best in every single match this season.


Luciano Figueroa, Johor Darul Ta’zim FC Manager
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