Naoki Matsuda passed away in hospital, two long days after collapsing during a routine training exercise for his team, JFL’s Matsumoto Yamaga. Aged just 34, Matsuda arrived unconscious at hospital on Tuesday, August 2nd. It was a shock to all of us in the Japanese football world. We were all hoping that Naoki coud win another fight, but it was not to be.Matsuda, who won 40 caps for Japan and represented his country at the 2002 World Cup, had been put on an artificial respirator after the player had