Japan national football team Director Moriyasu Departs for the Dutch expedition October 4, 14:33
In October, Japan national football team Hajime Moriyasu, who will face the first warm-up game in the Netherlands, left for the field on the 4th.
The Japanese national football team will face Cameroon on October 9th for the first time in the Netherlands, and will face Cote d'Ivoire on October 13th.
Director Moriyasu departed from Narita Airport for the Netherlands on the 4th with his coaches.
This expedition is also positioned as a place to strengthen for the Tokyo Olympics next year, and staff who will guide the Olympic generation, such as coach Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, will also participate.
Twenty-five staff members from Japan, including Director Moriyasu, went to the site after undergoing a simple test for the new coronavirus called the "smart amplifier method" the day before departure and confirming that it was negative.
All 25 members of the Japan national team will belong to the European team and will start practicing on the 5th of local time in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Director Moriyasu said, "This time, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, only players who play in Europe have become players, but I think that it is the growth of Japanese soccer that we can form members only with overseas teams. I want to lead to further development." Was there.