It is often said that the very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
While the use of that phrase might be a touch hyperbolic here, it does not fall completely wide of the mark when describing the Japan Football Association’s decision to break with the past and appoint the first-ever foreign head coach for its women’s soccer team.
Nils Nielsen was officially unveiled as the new Nadeshiko boss at a packed news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18.
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