Sanfrecce Hiroshima striker Anderson Lopes says the shock resignation of three-time J. League championship winning manager Hajime Moriyasu left him deeply saddened, but the Brazilian insists the players must shoulder most of the blame for their slide into the relegation mire.
"I have worked together with the coach for a year and it is really sad that he has gone," Lopes said on Saturday, when he scored his third goal in two games to rescue a point in a gutsy 1-1 draw at in-form Yokohama F. Marinos — the team's first game after Moriyasu stepped down on Tuesday.
"The coach has quit but 90 percent of the blame lies with the players.