Alberto Zaccheroni was disappointed with Japan's toothless draw against Greece that left their FIFA World Cup campaign in the balance.
Japan were held to a goalless stalemate against 10-man Greece at the Arena das Dunas in Group C action on Thursday - a result that saw both teams collect their first point in the competition.
Greece played 52 minutes with a man less after Kostas Katsouranis saw red for a second bookable offence seven minutes before the half-time break, and while Japan out-passed their opponents 553-117, they still failed to create any real meaningful goal-scoring chances, with the Asian champions' lack of cutting edge resulting in just four shots on target.
Speaking post-game, Zaccheroni said Japan's lack of creativity cost them dearly overall: "We are disappointed, we were hoping to win.
"The circumstances were there but the knockout blow was missing.
"We created some chances without managing to take them, even though I was hoping for more goalscoring chances.
"We attacked from the start, we lacked that sharpness in the penalty area."
"The last match? We'll play to win, as always."
