"Myfirst goal is to do more research on the football background, meet the coaches,exchange information with clubs to better understand the Vietnamesefootball," he said.
“Thelong-term goal is to help Vietnam beat Japan. This won’t be complete in a shorttime, but within the next 30 years, I think that Vietnam can beat Japan. I amnot a magician but that goal can be done with the great potential of Vietnamesefootball,” Adachi added.
The Japaneseexpert said he was very excited to work with the head coach of thenational team and U23 team Park and U19 national team coach Troussier.
“Park isdoing his work very well. In this period, he knows Vietnamese football betterthan me. For Troussier, he used to be the head coach of Japan. I know the twocoaches and I am very happy to work with them. It is a great advantage for mewhich can help me co-ordinate with them and find a final solution for the futureof Vietnamese football,” said Adachi.
According tothe VFF, Adachi will take part more in the training of Vietnamese coaches andyouth training of the VFF. He will also give professional advice and support toyouth teams in competitions.
Adachi wasborn in 1961 and is known as one of the elite coaches of the Asian FootballFederation (AFC). He was appointed as a lecturer in the AFC professionalfootball coach training course held in Vietnam for the first time in 2017.
In additionto his ability to train professional coaches, Adachi worked for many years as acoach of young teams in the J.League such as Shonan Bellmare’s U16, U18 andU21, youth football director and head coach of Cerezo Osaka’s U18 and U21 aswell as sports director of AC Nagano Parceiro./.