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Ono the encouragement

2002 FIFA WORLD CUP

AFP, Tokyo
Dutch club Feyenoord's UEFA Cup victory, helped by Japanese midfielder Shinji Ono, has salvaged Japan's morale ahead of their World Cup battle on home turf.
"All of us were proud when they won the championship," Japan coach Philippe Troussier said after Feyenoord beat Germany's Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the UEFA Cup final in Rotterdam, according to Japanese press reports Friday.
"We felt happy when Ono held up the winners' cup with both hands," said the Frenchman who watched the match on television with his players in the Spanish capital Madrid Wednesday, the day after bowing 1-0 to a makeshift Real Madrid side in a World Cup warm-up game there.
Ono, 22, who moved from the J-League Urawa Reds last July for his first overseas contract, set up Feyernoord's matchwinning third goal by feeding a neat ball for Danish international Jon Dahl Tomasson to fire home.
"It may have made each Japanese player feel ambitious and dream of playing on the same field in the future," Troussier said.
"Having witnessed his success, I realise again that overseas experience is essential for success," added the coach, who signed with Japan in 1998 after they made a winless debut in the World Cup finals in France the same year.
In the UEFA Cup final, Ono was substituted five minutes from time but became the first Japanese player to pick up a major European winners medal.
Wearing a headband bearing the
red sun and the Japanese word "ichiban (number one)," he shared the honour of holding up Europe's second most prestigious football trophy.
"I wanted to be on the pitch at the final whistle, but we won so who cares? It's a fantastic feeling, the
best," Ono told Japanese reporters in Rotterdam. "I'm going to have a bit of a rest so I can go (to Oslo this weekend) feeling refreshed."
Japan's defeat at the hands of Real Madrid was the first in their eight-match World-Cup build-up series after three wins and two draws in international-A matches.
Ono and Parma midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata, Japan's most famous soccer export, did not play in Madrid because of their club commitments.
But they are due to join the Troussier squad over the weekend for a friendly against Norway in Oslo on Tuesday.
The Japanese side also features two England-based players, Portsmouth keeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi and Arsenal midfielder Junichi Inamoto, who saw his club seal the domestic double as a reserve.
Nakata, who is beginning to shine after 10 difficult months at Italian Serie A side Parma, was expected to make the first team against Italian champions Juventus in the Italian Cup final later on Friday.
If Parma win the Italian Cup, "it would make each of our players feel confident that Japanese football and its talent can match Europe's top level," Troussier said.