Skipper Yoshida Back, No Tomiyasu As Japan Look To Seal World Cup Spot

Japan supervisor Hajime Moriyasu informed his gamers to complete the job and clinch qualification for the World Cup after naming his squad Wednesday for subsequent week’s conflict towards Australia

Tokyo, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – sixteenth Mar, 2022 ) :Japan supervisor Hajime Moriyasu informed his gamers to complete the job and clinch qualification for the World Cup after naming his squad Wednesday for subsequent week’s conflict towards Australia.

Japan can guide their place at a seventh straight World Cup by beating the Socceroos in Sydney on March 24, having recovered from a dreadful begin to the qualifying marketing campaign for Qatar 2022.

The four-time Asian champions misplaced two of their opening three fixtures however have gained all 5 video games since, and Moriyasu believes his crew has been solid right into a battle-hardened unit.

Moriyasu, who welcomes captain Maya Yoshida again however should do with out injured Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu, stated: “We’ve come this far looking at every game as a must-win game.

“We’ve been attempting to win each because it comes and we’re not about to overlook that now. We’ve been aggressive in attempting to win video games and regardless that this one will probably be robust, we have overcome strain to get right here.” Veteran Yoshida, the Sampdoria centre-back, returns after missing qualifiers against China and Saudi Arabia earlier this year through injury.

There are also places in the squad for Liverpool’s Takumi Minamino, Mallorca’s Takefusa Kubo and Celtic pair Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate.

Two teams qualify automatically from Group B, with the third-place team dropping into a playoff.

Japan currently sit one point behind leaders Saudi Arabia and three ahead of Australia with two games each remaining.

Japan are home to bottom side Vietnam in their final fixture on March 29 while Australia and Saudi Arabia face off in Jeddah.

Moriyasu is looking no further than next week’s game in Sydney, with the Socceroos looking to avenge their 2-1 defeat in Saitama last September.

“Australia are additionally combating for a World Cup place they usually’re an excellent crew — bodily very robust, with good approach and nicely organised,” said Moriyasu.

“It’s going to be a tricky sport however we’ve got our personal good gamers and we have gained a whole lot of expertise through the course of those qualifiers. I would like us to play with confidence.” “We’re decided to guide our place on the World Cup and we will probably be giving all the things to do this in our subsequent match so we will make our followers glad,” Moriyasu said.

Japan squad to play Australia in Sydney on March 24 and Vietnam in Saitama on March 29: Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Strasbourg/FRA), Shuichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse), Daniel Schmidt (Sint-Truiden/BEL), Kosei Tani (Shonan Bellmare)Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Maya Yoshida (Sampdoria/ITA), Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Reds), Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale), Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale), Naomichi Ueda (Nimes/FRA), Kou Itakura (Schalke/GER), Yuta Nakayama (PEC Zwolle/NED)Midfielders/Forwards: Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe), Genki Haraguchi (Union Berlin/GER), Gaku Shibasaki (Leganes/ESP), Wataru Endo (Stuttgart/GER), Junya Ito (Genk/BEL), Takuma Asano (Bochum/GER), Takumi Minamino (Liverpool/ENG), Hidemasa Morita (Santa Clara/POR), Kaoru Mitoma (Union SG/BEL), Daizen Maeda (Celtic/SCO), Reo Hatate (Celtic/SCO), Ayase Ueda (Kashima Antlers), Ao Tanaka (Fortuna Dusseldorf/GER), Takefusa Kubo (Mallorca/ESP).