Takumi Minamino, the midfielder of the Japan national football team, who will face China in the final qualifying round of the World Cup Asia on the 7th of this month, will be leaving the team due to injury.
Japan will lose to Oman in the first match of the Asian final qualifying round of the World Cup Qatar on the 2nd of this month, and will face China in the second match in Qatar on the 7th.
The Japan Football Association announced on the 4th that Minamino of Liverpool, the English Premier League, will be leaving the team due to injury.
Minamino complained of discomfort in his left thigh on the 1st of this month and was examined at the hospital, and he missed the match against Oman on the 2nd.
Minamino has scored seven consecutive goals in the second qualifying round of the World Cup Asia, and Japan will face China without one of the axes of the attack.