Asian Cup Junya Ito Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Asian Cup Junya Ito Accused of Sexual Misconduct… Japan's Final Decision is to Expel the National Team
Ito leaves the national team → stays → leaves… Japan Football Association, come and go administration
Japan, which is aiming to win the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, showed 'up and down administration' regarding striker Junya Ito (Stade Reims), who was accused of sexual misconduct, and eventually kicked him out of the national team.
According to Japanese media such as Sports Hochi, the Japan Football Association (JFA) temporarily withdrew its decision to cancel Ito's call-up on the morning of the 2nd (Korean time), but confirmed Ito's expulsion from the national team in the afternoon.
JFA President Kozo Tashima held a press conference in Tokyo, Japan this afternoon and announced that after a meeting with the association's leadership, including coach Hajime Moriyasu, and a group of experts including legal experts, the decision was made to drop Ito from the national team. 카지노사이트
Previously, the JFA announced a meeting with experts, saying that it would once again consider Ito's future, which was originally decided to leave the national team, and reversed the decision to cancel the call.
According to national team leader Masakuni Yamamoto, this 'first reversal' was a measure taken after the coaching staff and players held a countermeasures meeting after Ito's departure was initially decided and expressed their desire to be with Ito.
After confirming this trend within the team, General Manager Yamamoto began follow-up discussions with President Tashima, and decided to keep Ito in the national team, but after much deliberation by convening experts, he returned to the 'original plan'.
According to Sports Hochi, the JFA is understood to have reached this conclusion after comprehensively considering the impact of the controversy surrounding Ito on the team and sponsor, as well as Ito's physical condition.
While external variables faced Japan, which was considered a favorite to win the Asian Cup, President Tashima encouraged the players, saying they would not be shaken.
He said, "Our players are really professional.
I believe they will adapt well and play tomorrow."
Regardless of Chairman Tashima's explanation, the bottom line is that Japan Football Association overturned its decision on Ito in succession in less than a day.
According to Sports Hochi, JFA first announced Ito's departure at around 1:30 pm on the 1st local time.
About 12 and a half hours later, at 2 a.m. on the 2nd, about 12 and a half hours later, JFA issued a hasty 'correction announcement' and announced that Ito would not be leaving the show, but reversed its decision less than 10 hours later.
Previously, on the 31st of last month, the Japanese media Daily Shinjo reported that Ito was criminally charged with being the perpetrator of a sexual crime.
According to reports, Ito is suspected of making two women, including the complainant in her 20s, A, drink alcohol and then having sexual intercourse with them without their consent.
Person A claims that he was the victim of a sexual crime by Ito in a hotel room in Osaka, Japan, on the morning of June 21 last year.
Person A said, “When I finally came to my senses from intoxication, Ito’s body was pressing down on me.”
Ito has been active as Japan's main striker in this tournament.
However, after Daily Shinzo's report was made, he was only named as a substitute in the round of 16 against Bahrain.
