Japan National Team World Cup Team Selection 01/11/2022
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(Japan National Team) Osako Yuya, Haraguchi Genki, Furuhashi Kyogo, Hatate Reo, Machino Shuto are dropped from the lineup.
Japan National Football team manager Moriyasu Hajime (54) announced today the 26 players that will take part in the competition in Qatar that starts on the 20th of this month.
Itakura Ko (Borussia MG) who suffered a left knee injury and Asano Takumi (Bochum) who was dealing with right knee pain were both named among the selected members. Minamino (Monaco) who has recently been appearing on the pitch less was also selected.
On the other hand, players who have long played a key role in Moriyasu's Japan squad such as Haraguchi Genki (Union Berlin) and Osako Yuya (Kobe) were dropped. Furuhashi Kyogo (Celtic) who boasts a big quantity of goals for the Scottish side was also not included in the squad. Significant dropped players include:
- Tani Kosei (Shonan)
- Osako Keisuke (Hiroshima)
- Osako Yuya (Kobe)
- Seko Ayumu (Grasshopper Club Zurich)
- Sugawara Yukinari (AZ Alkmaar)
- Ueda Naomichi (Nimes)
- Haraguchi Genki (Union Berlin)
- Furuhashi Kyogo (Celtic)
- Hatate Reo (Celtic)
- Machino Shuto (Shonan)
- Okugawa Masaya (Arminia Bielefeld)
- Ito Tatsuya (FC Magdeburg)
- Saito Koki (Sparta Rotterdam)
- Hashimoto Kento (SD Huesca)
- Nishimura Takuma (Yokohama F Marinos)
- Mizunuma Kota (Yokohama F Marinos)
- Hayashi Daichi (St Truidense V.V)
- Ado Onaiwu (Toulouse)
- Nakamura Kosuke (Portimonense)
- Miyoshi Koji (Antwerp)
- Nakajima Shoya (Antalyaspor)
- Nakamura Keito (LASK)
Kobe - Has Osako Yuya really been dropped? Kobe press conference to be live streamed for around 50 journalists has been cancelled.
Source article: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/67c350ad5bbc64d752730e05d0875400d7c23701
On the 1st of this month, the Japan Football Association announced the 26 players who will appear in the Qatar world cup (commencing on the 21st Nov) during a press conference in a Tokyo hotel. Osako Yuya (32, Kobe) who hasn't been called up since March due to injury, was not included this time, making this his 3rd tournament in a row where he wasn't included in the squad.
Kobe had planned to hold and live stream a conference at Noevir Stadium in the case of Kobe players being called up. However, no such player made the squad and thus the conference was cancelled. About 50 journalists had gathered to attend. When Osako's name, which was considered certain to be selected, was not called out, there were calls of "I can't believe this!" from both staff and journalists alike. The surprise of an empty seat which was to be filled by the man in question (Osako) filled the conference room with gloom.
When asked about the exclusion of Osako and former Kobe player Furuhashi Kyogo (Celtic), Moriyasu explained "It's based on what we have done so far, and the situation and condition the players are in now. When thinking about the World Cup, I selected not only the best forwards at the moment, but also considered the team as a whole."
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