Head Coach of Japan Akira Nishino insists his team would get back to work to improve themselves before the start of the World Cup after losing 2-0 at home to Ghana on Wednesday.

Nishino was taking charge of the team for the first time since replacing fired predecessor Vahid Halilhodzic last month, with the new manager set to name his 23-man squad for the tournament on Thursday.

Goals in both halfs from Thomas Partey and Emmanuel Boateng gave a depleted Black Stars side a resounding victory and the Japanese team a rude awakening.

“Some things worked and some things didn’t, and the things that didn’t led to this result,” said Nishino.

“I was able to try out a lot of things and I was able to look at a lot of players, but we were looking to win the game and the fact that we didn’t is disappointing. As time went on things picked up, but we didn’t start the game well. We weren’t all on the same page.”

The Blue Samurai still have two friendlies to play in Europe against Switzerland and Paraguay before it begins its World Cup campaign against Colombia on June 19. Japan will also face Senegal and Poland in Group H.

By Daraja Mutari/Ghanaguardian.com