Hidetoshi Nakata has backed Takeshi Okada to be a success at the helm of the national team and praised the decision of the Japan Football Association in rehiring the coach.
Former Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata speaks to the media, for the first time since his retirement in 2006, during a press conference held at a Tokyo hotel on Friday.
KYODO PHOTOThe retired Nakata, making a rare public appearance in Tokyo at a news conference for the Club World Cup, remembered Okada fondly from when he was Japan coach at the 1998 World Cup finals.