Japan national football team Masaya Okugawa convened off Colleagues positive for new corona November 10 22:14

About Masaya Okugawa of Salzburg, Austria's first division league, who was additionally selected as a member of the Japan national football team for this month's warm-up game, the Japan Football Association said that six players in their clubs were positive for the new coronavirus test. We decided to forgo the convocation based on the fact that we showed a reaction.

The Japan national football team will face Panama on the 13th of this month and Mexico on the 17th in Graz, Austria.



Regarding the national team members, it was decided that Ritsu Doan of the German 1st division league would not participate because of the influence of the new coronavirus, which would limit activities after returning to Japan, and midfielder Okugawa was additionally selected. ..



However, according to the Japan Football Association, in Salzburg, to which Okugawa belongs, six players tested positive for the new coronavirus on the 8th of this month.



When all the players were tested on the 9th of the next day, they were all confirmed to be negative, but the Japan Football Association wants to give top priority to the safety and security of the players by comprehensively judging the test results and behavior history. I decided to forgo the convocation.