Liverpool midfielder suffers World Cup blow

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“Since my injury, I’ve done everything I possibly could up to this point, so I have no regrets whatsoever,” he explained on social media. “Of course, there’s frustration at not being able to participate in this World Cup, but more than that, I’m proud of how we’ve grown together since the Qatar World Cup – me as captain, leading this team and turning our goal of ‘winning the World Cup’ into something we can say as a matter of course.

“With this campaign, I will be retiring from the national team. “So from here on, I’ll be cheering for the Japan national team as one of the fans.

“The moment when the Japan national team wins the World Cup will surely come someday. “And let’s unite Japan’s strength as one so that moment comes in this tournament – everyone, let’s take on the North and Central America World Cup together!