TOKYO: World Cup champ Norio Sasaki quit as mentor of the Japanese ladies' group on Wednesday after their amazement inability to meet all requirements for the Rio de Janeiro OlympicsSasaki, who drove the Nadeshiko to the 2011 World Cup title and silver at the London 2012 Games, finished his rule with a 1-0 Olympic qualifying win over North Korea, a side he beat 3-2 in his first match in control in 2008.
Japan, who were runners-up finally year's World Cup, were at that point out of dispute, however, after an opening 3-1 misfortune to Australia, draw with South Korea and 2-1 rout by China on home soil.
"I accept my employment as national mentor truly and if the outcomes aren't there, you need to assume the liability," he was cited as saying by Kyodo News.
"Had we qualified, I was planning to work a little Norio enchantment to win us a gold award in Rio, yet I couldn't work the enchantment even in qualifying. In any case, what I can say is that every single player must be more exact. Something else, given how focused it's getting on the world stage, we won't stand a chance.," she included.
Australia and China qualified as Asia's delegates for the Olympics, which will be held in Brazil from August 5-21
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