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10MA TOPICS! [JAPAN FA] SAMURAI BLUE’s Coach Moriyasu shares aspiration ahead of Austria tour – “To strive for higher level and victory”

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November 6, 2020

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Ahead of the team’s Austria tour, coach MORIYASU Hajime of the SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) announced the team squad on Thursday 5 November. In their final team activity for 2020, the SAMURAI BLUE will face Panama National Team and Mexico National Team on the 13th and 17th (18th in Japan), respectively. At the online press conference, coach Moriyasu shared his aspiration “to raise the level of the team and strive for victory.”

Following the team’s Netherlands tour held in October, the squad once again consisted only those who play for European clubs. The squad will be based on the same members who featured the match against Cameroon National Team and Cote d'Ivoire National Team at Utrecht, while new faces like HASHIMOTO Kento (FC Rostov) and ASANO Takuma (FK Partizan) were added, as the two players were unavailable last month due to travel restrictions set by the respective countries. Veteran defender NAGATOMO Yuto (Olympique de Marseille) will also return to the squad after being side-lined due to poor physical condition during the team’s previous tour. .....


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International Friendly Match
Fri. 13 November 15:15 (23:15 Japan time) vs Panama National Team
Tue. 17 November 21:00 (Wed. 18 November 5:00 Japan time) vs Mexico National Team
Venue: Stadion Graz Liebenau (Graz, Austria)


Staff
Coach: MORIYASU Hajime (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: YOKOUCHI Akinobu (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: SAITO Toshihide (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
Physical Coach: MATSUMOTO Ryoichi (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)
GK Coach: SHIMODA Takashi (JFA Naitonal Coaching Staff)

Squad
GK
KAWASHIMA Eiji (RC Strasbourg/France)
GONDA Shuichi (Portimonense S.C./Portugal)
SCHMIDT Daniel (Sint-Truidense V.V./Belgium)

DF
NAGATOMO Yuto (Olympique de Marseille/France)
YOSHIDA Maya (U.C. Sampdoria/Italy)
SAKAI Hiroki (Olympique de Marseille/France)
MUROYA Sei (Hannover 96/Germany)
UEDA Naomichi (Cercle Brugge K.S.V./Belgium)
ITAKURA Kou (FC Groningen/Netherlands)
TOMIYASU Takehiro (Bologna FC 1909/Italy)
SUGAWARA Yukinari (AZ Alkmaar/Netherlands)

MF
HARAGUCHI Genki (Hannover 96/Germany)
SHIBASAKI Gaku (CD Leganes/Spain)
ENDO Wataru (VfB Stuttgart/Germany)
ITO Junya (KRC Genk/Belgium)
HASHIMOTO Kento (FC Rostov/Russia)
MINAMINO Takumi (Liverpool FC/England)
KAMADA Daichi (Eintracht Frankfurt/Germany)
NAKAYAMA Yuta (PEC Zwolle/Netherlands)
MIYOSHI Koji (Royal Antwerp FC/Belgium)
DOAN Ritsu (DSC Arminia Bielefeld/Germany)
KUBO Takefusa (Villarreal CF/Spain)

FW
SUZUKI Musashi (Beerschot AC/Belgium)
ASANO Takuma (FK Partizan/Serbia)


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