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[Noticias de la Selección Nacional de Japón de Fútbol Nacional]On the 1st, the Japan Football Association announced 25 members of the Japanese team that they will face the international friendly match against Cameroon (9th) and Ivory Coast (13th) to be held in Utrecht, Holland. Selection in the “All European Group” for the first time in the history of the Japanese national team. We will explore the background to this point and the empowerment goal seen from the face.
■ It is difficult to invite a team to Japan
Members of the European expedition representing Japan were announced on October 1. This is the activity since the EAFF E-1 Football Championship (East Asian Championship) held in December last year, and the European team has been called up since qualifying for the World Cup and the Kirin Challenge Cup in November of the year past.
——However, this poster does not include the European group, but only the European group. In other words, the call was limited to the “Western European group”. Needless to say, the background is a bloody new corona virus.
Due to the devastation of the new corona virus, all international games were forced to cancel or postpone, and the activities of the Japanese national team were also forced to stop. Qualifying for the World Cup was originally organized in October, but will not take place either.
On the other hand, we are currently talking about the qualifying round for the World Cup in March next year, so we can’t just get along. And FIFA (International Football Federation) does not prohibit the holding of international friendly matches. Koji Sorimachi, the president of the technical committee, has sought to hold a match of national teams in Europe, taking into account the current situation that it is difficult to invite a team from the world to Japan.
However, it is difficult for European countries to form a friendly match because the League of Nations (a league match with a new frame played by the European representative) is being organized at the moment. A match was held against two African countries in the hope of making a strong team. The place is Utrecht, Holland. In the form of “renting a place like a hotel annex” (chairman Sorimachi), only one stadium and one practice area will be used, and by taking comprehensive measures against infection, we achieve the understanding of all parties, and this Once the national team was held.
■ Second row saturated
However, it is not easy to ask for the cooperation of the J League, which is cracking down on infections and digesting the calendar due to crowded schedules, and athletes who have traveled to Europe will have to wait two weeks after returning to Japan. Opportunities to play games with the team they belong to will be significantly restricted. For this reason, it was difficult for the J-League group to participate in the European expedition.
Also, due to immigration restrictions to prevent infections in the Netherlands, players such as MF Hashimoto Kento (Lostov) and Serbian FW Takuma Asano (Partizan) who play in Russia in Eastern Europe cannot be called up. Although it is a European group, it is made up of the “Western European group”. Even so, a total of 25 players have been selected, and there are still players who have not been selected, so you can see how many Japanese players are advancing in the world of modern European soccer.
The main player who was not selected in the regular group is MF Shoya Nakajima (Porto), who was late for team practice, but considering the conditions, it can’t be helped. Among the players with a proven track record, MF Inui Takashi (Aval) is also mentioned, but Director Moriyasu was asked about this point in an online interview and said: “I wanted to select more players, not just Inui. It was replied” Balance of positions, selection based on comprehensive consideration ”, but in the second row a large number of 7 people were selected and it was close to saturation.
■ Reason for the first selection of Sugawara, 20 years old
Another thing that cannot be overlooked is the balance with the Olympic generation. The Tokyo Olympics are a big goal for director Moriyasu, along with qualifying for next year’s World Cup. While it is practically difficult to represent the Olympic Games alone, it is necessary to prepare for the tournament through the activities of Representative A.
As you can see from the veterans’ pick with Yuto Nagatomo (Marseille) as DF and Shinji Okazaki (Weska) as FW, the players are not excluded by age, but by the Olympic generation. I think it’s true that I wanted to select a certain number of players and start preparing for the Olympics next year. This goal can be seen in the fact that this expedition includes members of the Olympic team staff, such as coach Akira Yokouchi and coach Nokatsu Kawaguchi GK.
DF Yusei Sugawara (AZ) was the first to be elected in full, but the commander met with the expectation that he would be fully involved in Representative A in the future while forming a team in the European group. As I said, it has the meaning of being selected as an expected framework in the future, but I also hope that it includes the selection aspect for the Tokyo Olympics.
The TV broadcast schedule is fixed, and it seems that it will get a lot of attention because it is a national team match after a long time, and President Sorimachi also said: “Of course I am a representative, so I will show you what It will lead to a long classification that will start from now on. I hope so. It is both the content and the result. It is this work that requires both. “
Director Moriyasu also said, “I want to make the match so that the people who support me by winning smile, the children smile, and all those who support me have hope.” He spoke about his aspirations, but in reality the one-year blank is large and it seems like the commander won’t be able to predict what kind of game it will be.
After almost a year of silence, the activities of the Japanese national team resume in an extremely irregular way. It’s rare to see the content of a national team until you open the lid so wide, but when you think about qualifying for next year’s World Cup or the Tokyo Olympics, it seems like there’s some time to spare, even if there’s a lot left . Not in. We will hand over the powerful African nations of Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire and seek “results and content” for the next year and beyond.
Prayer = Akihiko Kawabata / Photo = Kenichi Arai
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