The 22-man squad for the men's soccer team, the under-23 Japan national team, who are aiming for next year's Paris Olympics, will play against Germany and Belgium later this month, has been announced, and forward HOSOYA Masahiro, who is doing well at J1 and Kashiwa Reysol, has been selected.
The Under Japan-22 National Team, who are preparing for next summer's Paris Olympics, will travel to Europe later this month to play warm-up matches against Germany on 24th and Belgium on 27th.
On 16 September, the Japan Football Association announced the squad for these two matches, and 2 players were selected, including forward HOSOYA Masahiro, who has scored three goals in five official matches for J1 and Kashiwa Reysol, and SUZUKI Yuito, who plays for Strasbourg in the French first division.
Japan will aim to qualify for the Paris Olympics, where the top three finishers will be awarded at the Asian Under-5 Cup, which is scheduled to be held early next year.
Coach Oiwa Tsuyoshi said, "At the Paris Olympics, I keep telling my players to reach the final, which they have not been able to Japan reach until now, and to win the most beautiful medal. By winning, we can be confident in what we are doing and become a stronger team."
World Cup lessons learned from penalty shoot-outs after the match
Among the training matches for the Japan national team under 22 this month, the match against Belgium will have a penalty = penalty kick match after the match.
Based on the loss in the final tournament of the World Cup Qatar, the Japan Football Association wants to hold penalty shootouts as much as possible in the training matches by age group, and as a result of the adjustments, they will hold the match against Belgium on 27 this month because the opponents have agreed to do so.
Coach Oiwa said, "The opposing team also had a goal of winning the European Championship, and we agreed on each other's wishes. I want the players to be confident going into the tournament."