FRANKFURT — Naohiro Takahara puts almost all of his Japanese striking contemporaries to shame by possessing that rare something that is hard to come by on the national team: a killer instinct.
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| Naohiro Takahara of Japan and Eintracht Frankfurt smiles during a recent interview at the German League club's Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt. FRANKFURT TOURIST & CONGRESS BOARD PHOTO |
If there was any finger-pointing to be done after Japan's disappointing fourth-place finish at the Asian Cup finals, it would have been unjust if any was in the direction of the Eintracht Frankfurt hitman.
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