Monday, February 7, 2011

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Shinji Okazaki: Arrival and settling in Gladbach

is still all new to VfB's new signing Shinji Okazaki, on Friday after four days of home leave Japan returned to Stuttgart. To the different sounding language, the unfamiliar food, the unknown city and the many strange people are, the striker to get used yet, only his tool, the ball has remained the same since joining the J. League club Shimizu S-Pulse for VfB.

that the newly crowned Asian Cup winners at the round leather draufhat lot and carries on with great commitment to his profession, was felt from the beginning. In his first training session with his new colleagues, the 24-year-old had a refreshingly open, cheerful and full of energy. Using his constant caregiver, Takashi Kawagishi, turned Shinji Okazaki on Sunday when all the pros were together again at the training ground before. "The mood after the important victory in Moenchengladbach very good. I was welcomed by all friendly and spoke even with some. I think it's great that the training ground and stadium are so similar. Overall, the conditions are at VfB very well. New For me, that the youth teams train alongside the pros. is That in Japan is not, I find but well, "says Okazaki, who learned not yet a German, for it speaks but little English. Head coach Bruno Labbadia, the mittrainierte on Sunday active, as well as assistant coach Eddy Sözer and conditioning coach Christos Papadopoulos know the new addition from the land of the rising sun. "The coaches make me a very emotional and motivated. I have the feeling that they are all very hot, "the newcomer.

said on Saturday Okazaki trained with the remaining players in Stuttgart on Monday, he completed a separate drive unit. Physically is presented to the father of two children in very good shape. The strains of the two-week Asian Cup in Qatar are likely not be noted. Since the four days at the family helped in the vicinity of Kobe, where Shinji much time spent with his newborn second son. "I had a good time with my family, but a lot had to prepare for the move to Stuttgart," says Okazaki. While his wife and children still remains a while in Japan, wants the two-footed attacker as quickly as possible and settle in at VfB Stuttgart. "I look at apartments this week and would soon go shopping independently and walk in the city. But I'm learning on a regular basis with Takashi vocabulary," said the likeable Japanese.

Source: vfb.de

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