India, July 24 -- By Sahil Kohli

Fukuoka [Japan], July 24 (ANI): FC Baleine Shimonoseki captain Mikiya Eto and head coach Reo Tokushige stressed on more aggressive football, the ability to effortlessly switch between defence and attack and a better football culture from the top-flight football league, J1, to the lower tiers of Japanese football as key for the country's progress in the FIFA World Cup.

Eto and Tokushige spoke to ANI after FC Baleine Shimonoseki's thrilling win over the Punjab FC youth team on penalties this week during the Reliance Foundation Development League (RFDL) exposure tour to Japan, as a part of which Punjab FC, along with Bengaluru FC and FC Goa, got exposed to high-level youth/club football after securing top-t...