Due to the injury of Takehiro Tomiyasu, who is the key player in the defense of the Japan national football team, he will not participate in the World Cup Asian Final Qualifying, which will be held from the end of this month.
Japan, which will be second in the group in the final Asian qualifying round of the World Cup Qatar soccer tournament, will face China on the 27th of this month and Saudi Arabia on the 1st of next month at Saitama Stadium.
On the 23rd, the Japan Football Association announced that it will not join the team due to injury to the English Premier League, Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu, who was selected as a member of the national team.
Shinnosuke Nakatani, the defender of the J1 Nagoya Grampus, will be convened in place of Tomiyasu.
This time, Captain Maya Yoshida was not selected as a member due to injury, and Japan will lack the two players who are the key to the defense and will face the final qualifying two games.