The coach of Japan, Takeshi Okada, ordered his players to breathe from theoxygen in order to better prepare the World Cup and thus strengthen their resistance at high altitudes. Japanese TV noted that Okada, whose team will play two matches at more than 1,000 metres above sea level, will ask his players to breathe pure oxygen on a daily basis. «Players will need to use cans of oxygen by small doses for one hour per day», said Okada to Nikkan Sports. «They can use cans of oxygen While watching TV", he added.
The Japanese will play several friendly matches in preparation for the World Cup. May 30 against England in Austria, and on 4 June against Côte d'Ivoire in Switzerland. The Blue Samuraiwho have never won a match of a world abroad, are in Group E with the Denmark, the Netherlands, and Cameroon.