Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, November 8 (Reporters Wang Zijiang, Yang Ting) The Japanese Football Association urgently recruited striker Shuuto Machino, who played for the domestic league Shonan Bima Club on the 8th, and included him in the World Cup squad instead of last week's announcement due to injury. Yuta Nakayama, a defender who retired from the World Cup.

　　The 23-year-old Machino Shuuto was recruited by head coach Moribao for the first time in the East Asia Cup this summer, scoring three goals in three games.

He played for Japan again in a friendly against the United States on September 23.

He scored 13 goals in the just-concluded Japanese League 2022 season.

　　Moribaoichi and his coaching team flew to Qatar ahead of schedule on the evening of the 7th. Shuto Machino and 6 other players playing for domestic clubs in Japan will depart on the 9th, and other players playing in European clubs will be in their respective leagues this weekend. After the end, he went to Qatar to join the team.

　　Yuta Nakayama injured his right Achilles tendon in last week's game and later announced his withdrawal from the World Cup and underwent surgery.

Moribao revealed the day before that the replacement for Yuta Nakayama does not necessarily have to be a defender.

　　Premier League Arsenal defender Fuan Jianyang was also injured in the game last week, but Sen Baoichi expressed optimism about Fuan Jianyang's prospects for the World Cup before leaving for Qatar.

　　According to Japanese media last week, in addition to Fuan Jianyang, there are many players in the Japanese team's 26-man roster who are plagued by injuries.

Borussia Monchengladbach defender Itakura and Bochum striker Takuma Asano, who missed the two national team warm-up games in September due to injury, have not returned to their pre-injury state. La Liga Real Sociedad's Kubo Jianying has not fully recovered from his left shoulder injury. , Hidea Morita, who played for Sporting Portugal, was substituted due to injury in the UEFA Champions League at the end of October, and Bi Tanaka, who played for Dusseldorf, also left the field with a knee injury in the recent Bundesliga match.

　　Moribaoichi said at the airport the day before that he was confident in the Japanese team's goal of hitting the quarter-finals.

At the Qatar World Cup, Japan is in Group E with Germany, Spain and Costa Rica, and they will play their first match against Germany on November 23.

　　(Xinhuanet)