(Moriyasu's World Cup Squad) The two pieces of paper that changed defender Itakura Ko's life when he was a Tigers-crazed kid
Source Article: https://hochi.news/articles/20221114-OHT1T51155.html?page=1 Defender Itakura Ko (Borussia MG) spent his youth near the Hanshin Tigers Koshien Baseball ground. At the age of 1 he received a toy glove from his parents, at 3 a leather glove, and at four a wooden bat. He was pretty skillful at playing catch ball. However, he was let into the world of football thanks to two pieces of paper. The first piece was a 'certificate of participation'. During Golden Week of his first year of elementary school, he received the certificate for participating in a football tournament held by his school, which read an encouraging "Let's play football together!" From just playing that one time, he was taken captive by the sport. The second piece was a leaflet. It was the winter of his first year of elementary school, right after he had moved to Kanagawa prefecture. He was given a leaflet in school that said "Let's go watch Kawasaki Frontale". He and hi
