Japan national football team to international friendly match in the Netherlands September 11 16:42
The Japan national football team will play an international friendly match between Cameroon and Ivory Coast next month in the Netherlands.
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the Japan national football team has been postponing the match one after another, and this will be the first match in this year.
This was revealed on the 11th by a technical committee chairman, Yasuharu Sorimachi, who is in charge of strengthening the national team at the Japan Football Association, holding an online press conference.
According to this, it has been decided that the Japanese national team will play an international friendly match with Cameroon on the 9th and Cote d'Ivoire on the 13th in the Netherlands.
Regarding playing a match in the Netherlands, Technical Committee Chairman Sorimachi has not reached the situation of explosive spread of infection, has not set action restrictions such as isolation for immigrants from Japan, and players from Europe I explained that it is easy to get together.
Initially, the Japanese national team was scheduled to play four games in March and June in the second Asian qualifying tournament of the World Cup Qatar, but all of them have been postponed to next year due to the influence of the new coronavirus. Next month's international friendly match will be the first match.
"The preparation period for the second qualifying round of the World Cup Asia is very important. It will be a good opportunity to understand the current situation of the players and instill the concept of the team in the players," said Sorimachi.
In addition, if players who play in Japan are called up, they may have to leave the team for a long time due to voluntary waiting after returning to Japan, and the situation is carefully watched when selecting players.