TOKYO : Yokohama F Marinos coach Kevin Muscat is convinced Japan's J-League is the strongest domestic club competition in Asia but says the standard of football needs to continue to improve in the 2023 season if it is to maintain its status.Muscat led Marinos to the league title last year to build on the
TOKYO : Yokohama F Marinos coach Kevin Muscat is convinced Japan's J-League is the strongest domestic club competition in Asia but says the standard of football needs to continue to improve in the 2023 season if it is to maintain its status.
"I think for football in Japan over this 30-year period the J-League has established the most competitive and best league in Asia," Muscat said this week. "It's very difficult to compare it to other leagues in Asia because of the superiority of the J-League. The Australian's hopes of overseeing back-to-back Marinos titles for the first time since 2004 have been hampered by departures of key players during the break.
"Of course the growth can come from many, many different areas. We need to get growth from the players now who are in their second or third years in our environment, and also to get growth from the new players we have managed to bring into the team."
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