Soccer U23 Asian Championship 23 representatives from Japan 22 people from the national group December 29 at 15:30
Next month, the Japanese national team, who will face the Asian Championships under the age of 23 for soccer boys in Thailand, was announced, and 23 people were selected, including Midfielder Tanaka Midori of Kawasaki Frontale, who was the best young player in the J-League.
On the 28th, the Japanese national team of the Tokyo Olympics, the soccer men, played their last reinforced match of the same age in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture, with Jamaica National Team on the 28th, and won 9-0.
On the 29th of the night, Manager Mori Yasuichi met and announced next month 23 members for the Asian Championships under the age of 23 in Thailand.
The main players, Takuhide Kubo and Ritsu Doyasu, were not elected. Of the 23 players, 22 became national teams and this season, including Tanaka, who won the J-League's best young player, scored 2 points in the 28th match Midfielder Reo Hatate, a college student who gave her, J2, who played a hat-trick that scored 3 goals per game in the East Asian Championship against Hong Kong this month, and Forward Motoki Ogawa, Mito Hollyhock, were selected. Was.
"The climate and conditions of this tournament are easy to imagine the Tokyo Olympics. We have to fight up to six games tough on a tight schedule. We can grow up as a team and use it as a simulation of the Tokyo Olympics. I want to do my best preparation. "
The Asian Championships under the age of 23 also play a role in the final qualifying for the Asian Games of the Tokyo Olympics, and the top three teams excluding Japan, who compete in the host country frame, will qualify.
Japan will play Saudi Arabia on the 9th, Syria on the 12th and Qatar on the 15th in the first league.