In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Japan was defeated by Belgium in the last 14 seconds.
After the game, the Japanese filmed a nearly hour-long documentary called "14 Seconds in Rostov" about the 14 seconds that made them so devastated.
This is not only a vivid manifestation of the paranoid side of the Japanese national character, but also a display of their thinking that they value the process more than the results in the development of things.
Paranoia is not a complimentary word, but in competitive sports, especially team sports like football, countless facts have proven that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Japan learned the lessons of the previous tournament and never let go of any scoring opportunity or slack off in defense, so they defeated Germany and Spain.
Especially for the latter, the second goal was a winning goal when Kaoru Mikasa and another player stepped up to stretch their legs at the same time. At that moment, the football was only 1.88 millimeters away from completely going out of bounds.
In other words, had Kaoru Sankai hesitated for even a moment, the goal would not have been scored.
This is football.
Victory or defeat is decided between those milliseconds and milliseconds.
And every time such a moment occurs, it is the most thrilling and the most memorable.
It's a pity that such a great moment was created by a little devil
The most annoying thing is that we still know that it is really not a fluke, it is really not luck.
It's said that something was done unintentionally and by mistake.
In fact, it is a matter of hard work and courage, and come prepared.