U-22 Japan National Team　0-0 (0-0, 0-0)　U-22 Uzbekistan National Team


Line-ups
GK: NAKAMURA Kosuke
DF: MATSUBARA Ken, KAMEKAWA Masashi, IWANAMI Takuya, UEDA Naomichi
MF: OHSHIMA Ryota, ENDO Wataru, YAJIMA Shinya, NAKAJIMA Shoya
FW: SUZUKI Musashi, ONAIWU Ado....

13 December, U-22 Japan National Team had a friendly against U-22 Uzbekistan National Team and it was the last activity of the team’s training camp in Qatar and UAE.

Before the match, the team’s Coach TEGURAMORI said to the players, "you have to show how much you could do in this camp. This match will not be broadcast in Japan and that means we have to win the match and tell Japanese people that we won; let’s take the victory home with us." In fact, Uzbek players are physically stronger but Japan’s players challenged them aggressively.

Japan employed a 4-4-2 formation and tried to take control from the beginning by competing intensively against Uzbekistan. In the 23rd minute, OHSHIMA Ryota passed the ball to ONAIWU Ado and SUZUKI Musashi made a shot but it was blocked by the opponent’s goalkeeper. Both teams didn’t give any chances throughout the first half and it ended 0-0.

Japan kicked off the second half with high motivation to get the victory. In the 47th minute, MUROYA Sei moved the ball to the centre and Suzuki hit the shot, but it went slightly out off the post. In the 64th minute, YAJIMA Shinya got the ball from Suzuki and smashed it towards the goal but it couldn’t find the net again. They kept playing very intensively against each other but the score line didn’t change. The friendly ended 0-0. The camp ended productively with good preparation for the AFC U-23 Championship Qatar 2016, which is also Rio de Janeiro Olympics Asian Qualifiers Final.

The next activity as an U-22 Japan National Team will be the training camp on Ishigaki Island from 22 December.....

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