National team manager Alberto Zaccheroni insists he will not remain slavishly wedded to a 3-4-3 formation despite declaring himself more than satisfied with its unveiling at the Kirin Cup this week.
Japan drew 0-0 with the Czech Republic on Tuesday night after playing out another stalemate with Peru six days earlier, with Zaccheroni taking the opportunity to implement the system with which he made his name with Udinese in Italy's Serie A in the late 1990s.
But the 58-year-old brushed off suggestions that the success of this week's experiment will make 3-4-3 Japan's default setting, considering it merely another weapon in his team's expanding armory.