Recently, Japanese midfielder Endo participated in an event by Japanese media ABEMA. During the event, in a conversation with former Japanese international Tomoaki Tomosaki, Endo imagined the Japanese team's World Cup grouping and talked about topics such as the opponents they wanted to fight. (During the conversation, both assumed that the Japanese team was the second team in the World Cup draw).
Jointo said: "Just simply saying that I want to play the first team in the World Cup, I first want to play against Argentina, the last World Cup champion, and then England."
When Tomojo Tomosaki asked about his feelings when he met Germany and Spain in the last World Cup, he said: "I was very happy to learn that his first reaction to the same group as Germany and Spain, and I thought this was the World Cup. It is a charming thing to keep moving forward after defeating the strong team. It is rare to play in the World Cup, and it is indeed still wanted to play against the strong team. I thought that this was what I thought in the last World Cup, and this time my thoughts were the same."
In the simulation draw, Endo draws the Japanese team and the French team in the same group. When talking about the French team, Endo said: "They are really strong. They reached the finals in the first two World Cups. My teammate Connate at Liverpool is also a member of the French national team. If they can play against them, they will be looking forward to it. Their frontcourt Mbappe and Dembele are very threatening. But even if they play against them, the Japanese team can show their own characteristics. I think that by dedicating this to the team wholeheartedly, the Japanese team will be stronger. The team will not be anxious during the game, but the whole team will unite, withstand the opponent's attack, and find a breakthrough point in patience. I can imagine that the Japanese team will have such a scene in the game."