【現代サッカー名将論】ポッターは名将？／スウェーデンは脅威／今のグアルディオラ／森保監督は逆転監督／カリスマ性とは／クロップとのエピソード／イングランド戦前日に起きていたこと／長谷部コーチの凄さ

PIVOT football panel with Kidzaki, Mimura, Leo, and Kakiuchi breaks down Graham Potter’s Sweden, what makes a great manager, and the tactical meeting that shaped Japan’s England approach.

• Potter rebuilt Sweden on a 5-back counter system, using Elanga and Isak as open-space weapons; set-piece coach Georgsson came from Thomas Frank’s staff.\n- Texas hosts roughly 130,000 Swedish immigrants, giving Sweden a meaningful crowd edge in the group-stage venue.\n- The night before the England match, Moriyasu ran an open player meeting asking what each player wanted tactically; the squad collectively chose a mid-block press over high press.\n- Mimura’s Klopp anecdote: Klopp redirected a Dortmund press session to mention Kagawa unprompted, then revealed he had already tried to sign Hasebe—demonstrating elite emotional intelligence with journalists.\n- Panelists split their ideal manager by role: Hansi Flick for attack, Arteta for defense, Klopp for team spirit, Moriyasu for squad diplomacy.\n- Hasebe’s coaching value is that he can deliver hard criticism to any player; Okada originally made him captain because he could confront Honda directly.\n- Nakamura Shunsuke recently joined the coaching staff; players visibly reverted to starstruck teenagers around him, and his humility is seen as a strong fit with Moriyasu’s style.\n- Leo’s critique: adding a second forward without practicing the defensive return shape left gaps; he argues Japan conflates ‘risk-taking offense’ with simply not drilling the transition back.

2026-04-26 · Watch on YouTube