The Japan national football team announced 23 members who will face the warm-up game against South Korea and the World Cup Asian 2nd qualifying match against Mongolia this month, and 23 people including defender Takehiro Tomiyasu who will play in the Italian 1st division league will be selected. It was done.
The Japanese national team will play a warm-up game against South Korea on the 25th of this month, and will face Mongolia on the 30th in the second Asian qualifying round of the World Cup Qatar tournament since November.
The two games towards the 18 days, the announcement of 23 members,
▽ other Tomiyasu players of 22-year-old belonging to the Bologna of the Italian first division league,
▽ English Premier League, Southampton Takumi Minamino players,
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Nine players playing in Europe,
including Maya Yoshida, the captain of the club and Sampdoria,
have joined.
Only one player, Tomiyasu, was selected for this generation as the Japanese national team under the age of 24 is preparing for a warm-up game against Argentina for the Tokyo Olympics.
Director Moriyasu said, "Tomiyasu has been a starting lineup as a core member even if he is a representative with no age limit. If he is not an absolute starting lineup, he will be headed for the powerful match against Argentina and will lead to individual growth." I explained the intention of sorting.
In addition, 14 J-League players were selected, of which 8 were selected for the first time, including
▽ Kawasaki Frontale's side back, Miki Yamane, and
▽ Kashiwa Reysol's midfielder
Ataru
Esaka
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On the other hand, according to the Japan Football Association, it was not possible to convene Genki Haraguchi and Sei Muroya, who belong to Hannover, the German 2nd division league, where the team has been suspended due to the infection of the new coronavirus. It means that there were multiple players.
Director Moriyasu "I want to prepare to fight with my soul"
Japan national team coach Hajime Moriyasu said at an online press conference, "There are many players who belong to the domestic team for the first time, but each has the power to break through the situation individually, and it can also be linked in the organization. I hope that being selected as a representative will inspire me to grow in a short period of time, "he said.
After that, he said, "I want to prepare to fight with all my soul while feeling the significance of being able to play the national team in a still difficult situation," he said with enthusiasm for the match.
23 members of the Japan national team selected this time
▼ There are three goalkeepers.
▽ Urawa Reds player Shusaku Nishikawa (34).
▽ Shimizu S-Pulse player Shuichi Gonda (32).
▽ This is Daiya Maekawa (26) from VISSEL KOBE.
Maekawa is the first election.
▼ There are 8 defenders.
▽ Maya Yoshida (32) of Sampdoria, Italy 1st division league.
▽ Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sasaki * Sho (31).
▽ Yokohama F. Marinos Ken Matsubara (28).
▽ Kawasaki Frontale player Miki Yamane (27).
▽ Yokohama F. Marinos player Hatanaka Makinosuke (25).
▽ Shinnosuke Nakatani (24) of Nagoya Grampus.
▽ FC Tokyo player Ryoya Ogawa (24).
▽ Italy 1st division, Bologna Takehiro Tomiyasu (22).
Yamane, Nakatani, and Ogawa are the first to be elected.
▼ There are 10 midfielders.
▽ Kashiwa Reysol player Ataru Esaka (28).
▽ Germany 1st division, Stuttgart player Wataru Endo (28).
▽ Belgian First Division, Genk Junya Ito (28).
▽ Riki Harakawa (27) of Cerezo Osaka.
▽ England Premier League, Southampton player Takumi Minamino (26).
▽ Toru Furuhashi (26) of VISSEL KOBE.
▽ Portugal 1st Division, Santa Clara Hidemasa Morita (25).
▽ Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hayao Kawabe (25).
▽ Germany 1st division, Daichi Kamada (24) of Frankfurt.
▽ This is Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (24) from Cerezo Osaka.
Esaka, Harakawa, Kawabe, and Sakamoto were selected for the first time.
▼ There are two forwards.
▽ Germany 1st division Bremen Yuya Osako (30)
▽ Serbian 1st division league, Partisan Takuma Asano (26).
Nagoya Grampus Nakatani "I want to get involved in the game"
Shinnosuke Nakatani, the defender of Nagoya Grampus, who was selected for the first time this time, is 24 years old from Chiba prefecture.
A center back with a tenacious defense.
He transferred from Kashiwa Reysol to Grampus in the middle of 2018, and has participated in full league games for the past two seasons, and is one of the people who supports the team's solid defense.
Nakatani, who turns 25 on the 24th of this month during the representative activity period, said at a press conference online, "I am honestly happy. I was able to break my shell since I came to Grampus, and the result was that I continued to do it every day. I think that it led to. I would like to appeal the defense in front of the goal as usual and the assembly of the attack from the back, and get involved in the game. "