2024-01-01T17:19:33+00:00
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/ The Japanese national football team begins its campaign in the Asian Nations Cup, with a roster packed with strong elements, in preparation for facing Iraq, Indonesia, and Vietnam in the group stage.
On Monday, Brighton’s English winger, Kaoru Mitoma, was called up to Japan’s official squad for the 2023 Asian Cup finals, which begin next month in the Qatari capital, Doha, even though his injury keeps him out of action for about six weeks.
Wataru Endo, the English midfielder for Liverpool, and Takehiro Tomiyasu, the defender for Arsenal, were chosen along with Takefusa Kubo, the midfielder for Real Sociedad, while Daichi Kamada, the Italian Lazio player, was excluded.
Japan is looking forward to winning the title for a record fifth time, knowing that it is ahead of Saudi Arabia and Iran in second place by one title.
The Samurai team won the last 9 matches, most notably its crushing victory over Germany 4-1 in a friendly match on September 9, which led to the dismissal of coach Hansi Flick and the appointment of Julian Nagelsmann, and Turkey 4-2 in the friendly Kirin Cup, the most recent of which was the dismissal of coach Hansi Flick and the appointment of Julian Nagelsmann. On Monday, they defeated Thailand 5-0, and will play Jordan in a friendly match on the ninth of this month.
The list of goalkeepers included: Daya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe), Zion Suzuki (Sint-Truiden, Belgium), Taichi Brandon Nozawa (FC Tokyo).
Defense: Shugo Taniguchi (Qatar), Ko Itakura (Mönchengladbach, Germany), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Ghent, Belgium), Yuta Nakayama (Huddersfield, England), Koki Machida (Union Saint-Germain), Seiya Maikuma (Cerezo Osaka), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal, England). , Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart, Germany), Yukinari Sugawara (Arizona/Netherlands).
Midfielders: Wataru Endo (Liverpool, England), Junya Eto’o (Reims, France), Takuma Asano (Bochum, Germany), Takumi Minamino (Monaco, France), Hidemasa Morita (Sporting, Portugal), Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton, England), Ryo Hatate (Celtic, Scotland). , Keito Nakamura (Reims, France), Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad, Spain) and Kaisho Sano (Kashima Antlers).
Forwards: Daisen Maeda (Celtic, Scotland), Ritsu Doan (Freiburg, Germany), Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol).