Two days before the opening of the soccer World Cup Qatar tournament, the players of the Japanese national team arrived at Qatar's airport from Dubai, UAE = United Arab Emirates, where a warm-up match was held the day before on the 18th.

On the 17th, the Japan National Team, ranked 24th in the world, played their final warm-up match before the start of the tournament against Canada, who are ranked 41st in the world and are also participating in the World Cup, and lost 1-2.



After starting full-scale practice in Qatar on the 11th of this month, the Japanese players moved to Dubai for the match against Canada and returned to Qatar late at night on the 18th.



After arriving at the airport in Qatar and getting off the plane, the players quickly boarded a bus for transportation.



Coach MORIYASU Hajime said, "I want to build on what I've been doing so far for the rest of the season and hit the World Cup."



The World Cup will start two days later on November 20th, and Japan will face Germany in the first round match on the 23rd.