This month, 23 soccer players were selected, including a soccer boy who will play a warm-up game against Argentina and a member of the Japanese national team under the age of 24, including Kaoru Mitoma, who belongs to Kawasaki Frontale of J1.
The Japanese national football team, who is 24 years old or younger, will face Argentina, who has won two gold medals at the Olympic Games, on the 26th and 29th of this month in Japan.
Twenty-three members for these two games were announced on the 19th, and seven players will be selected to play in Europe, including Germany's first division league, Bielefeld's Ritsu Doan, Spain's first division, and Getafe's Takefusa Kubo. I did.
On the other hand, 16 people were selected from Japan, and Mitoma, who scored 13 points in J1 which was the highest number of newcomers last season and was also the best eleven, was selected.
In addition, Sagan Tosu's defender Shinya Nakano, who belongs to the team under the age of 18, was elected at the age of 17, the youngest member of the team.
Director Yokouchi "Prepare to fight"
Akinobu Yokouchi, who directs the Japanese national team under the age of 24 in two warm-up games against Argentina, said about his opponent Argentina, "There are many highly skilled and creative players, and you can also play muddy at the ball. As far as I can see the members, it seems that they will come seriously, so I want to be prepared to fight, "he analyzed the opponent's strength.
On top of that, "It's been a long time since we've had an international warm-up game in this generation, but I'm really looking forward to it as it will be a valuable two-game simulation for the Olympics with a team that combines domestic and overseas teams. I think the players are highly motivated. I want to build a solid team, such as how to break the defense of the opponent by making the best use of Japan's technical strength. "