O Japan announced on Monday the 26 summoned for the contest of the Qatar World Cup. The team has great names, such as Kamada from Frankfurt, Minamino, ex-Liverpool, and Tomiyasu, side of Arsenal.
The Asian team is in the Group And next to Japan, Germany and Costa Rica. The samurai debut on 23 November before the Mannschaft, but are not favorite to advance to the final eighties.
In 2018, Japan managed to advance beyond the group stage, but fell in the final eighties before Belgium. In that edition, the team won only one win, one draw and accumulated two losses.
SEE JAPAN'S CALLS:
– Goalkeepers: Edi Kawashima, Shuichi Gonda and Daniel Schmidt
– Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo, Maya Yoshida, Hiroki Sakai, Shogo Taniguchi, Miki Yamane, Kou Itakura, Yuta Nakayama, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Hiroki Ito
– Stockings: Gaku Shibasaki, Wataru Endo, Junya Ito, Hidemasa Morita, , To Tanaka and Takefuda Kubo
– Attackers: Takuma Asano, Takumi Minamino, Daichi Kamada, Yuki Soma, Kaoru Mitoma, Daizen Maeda, Ritsu Doan, Ayase Ueda
