ミャンマー難民選手が入団会見　「チームは家族みたい」―Ｆリーグ

　サッカー元ミャンマー代表で、難民認定されたＧＫピエ・リアン・アウン選手（２５）が１４日、フットサルＦリーグのＹＳ横浜の入団会見に臨み、「みんなに支えられて、チームは家族みたいな存在でうれしい。これからチームのために、できることを頑張っていきたい」と抱負を述べた。　
　同選手はミャンマー代表の一員として来日したワールドカップ（Ｗ杯）アジア２次予選の日本戦で３本指を掲げるポーズを示して国軍に抗議。帰国を拒否して、７月から練習生としてＹＳ横浜の活動に参加していた。母国は現在も混乱が続いており、「日本やいろんな国から支援してもらいたい。自分がサッカーをすることで、ミャンマーのこともいろんな人たちに知ってもらいたい」と思いを語った。（2021/09/15-00:12）

A Myanmar soccer player recognized as a refugee in Japan after protesting against his country's military has joined Y.S.C.C.Yokohama in Japan's national futsal league.
   Pyae Lyan Aung told a press conference on Tuesday that he is happy to be supported by everyone in the team based in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, feeling that the team is like his family.
   The 25-year-old goalkeeper arrived in Japan as a member of Myanmar's national team. But he refused to return home after displaying, at a World Cup Asian qualifier with Japan in May, a three-finger salute as a gesture of protest against the military coup in the Southeast Asian country. He then applied for refuge status in Japan.
   While participating in the Yokohama team as a trainee from July, he was granted refugee status in August.
   As confusion still continues in Myanmar under the military junta, Pyae Lyan Aung said at the press conference that he hopes that many people will learn about his home country through his soccer performance.