The Japan national football team will face Vietnam away on the night of the 11th as the 5th round of the Asian final qualifying round of the World Cup Qatar tournament.



In addition to the match scheduled to start at 9 pm Japan time, we will update the information such as the starting members announced before the match and the discourse after the match from time to time.

Japan's starting member

Yamane will be the starting lineup, replacing one person from the 4th round against Australia.


[GK]


Shuichi Gonda


[DF]


Miki Yamane / Yuto Nagatomo / Takehiro Tomiyasu / Maya Yoshida (Capt)


[MF / FW]


Wataru Endo / Takumi Minamino / Hidemasa Morita / Junya Ito / Yuya Osako / Ao Tanaka

Japan, 4th in the group, must have 3 points.

Japan, who lost 2 wins and 2 losses in the final qualifying, won the match against Australia on the 12th of last month, but they are in 4th place in the group, and the difference in points from the 2nd place where they can qualify for this tournament unconditionally. There is "3".

The opponent Vietnam has been sunk to the bottom of the group with four consecutive losses so far, and if Japan cannot get three points in this match, it will be a crucial match as the second place is far away.

Can you break the defensive Vietnam?

Vietnam is 98th against Japan, which is 28th in the world ranking, but when they played in the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup, which was held in the middle of the world, Ritsu Doan's penalty kick was a painful 1-0 victory.



This time, Vietnam is expected to lay a defensive lineup.

The key is how Japan will break down against the opponents who are strengthening their defense, and the inspiration of the offensive team, which lacks vividness with 3 goals in the final 4 games of qualifying.

The representative members also have fresh faces who participated in the Tokyo Olympics.

Under these circumstances, Kaoru Mitoma, who has a sharp dribble breakthrough that participated in the Tokyo Olympics, Daizen Maeda, who has scored 21 goals in the league top in J1 this season, and Ayase Ueda, who has 13 goals in J1. Three young people responsible for the attack became members of the final qualifying for the first time.



It is also a point that these players can exert their original strength under pressure.