If one thing is certain at VfL Bochum on match day, it's that Takashi Inui will be leading the attack for the Ruhr valley club. The 23-year-old has started 23 matches since his arrival in Germany and with seven goals and four assists to his name.
Takashi Inui received a call-up to the Japanese national team for the World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan on February 29, and he was happy about receiving the call-up, all the more as it has been quite a while. Also, because Kiyo (Hiroshi Kiyotake) and (Keisuke) Honda have been injured, I thought that if I wasn’t considered this time I wouldn’t get another, so that was reassuring as well. Then it was up to me to make the best out of it.
Football in Germany is quite different from soccer in Japan. In Japan, it’s regarded as more important to defend as a team and there’s more emphasis on the passing game. Here the play is more direct, and improving of individual skills is prioritized. But there are not many players who are like me here, at least I haven’t seen any in the second division who have a similar playing style; as a rather uncommon player type, I guess it is not easy to defend against me.
There aren’t too many things which actually surprised me. It was clear to me that the players are strong [physically]. As you can see, I belong to the 'lighter' type of Japanese players. Of course, you can become physically stronger by training on machines, but that's not my goal. You can get past opponents with pace. In fact, there are many possibilities to get past robust challenges. - http://www.goal.com
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