Japan World Cup 2022 Squad & Schedules:- The Asian power house country Japan has announced the team for the FIFA World Cup 2022 November 20 2022. Japan is starting their World Cup 2022 match against Costa Rica.
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On November 1 2022 Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu announced the final 26 players squad for the World Cup. English Premiere League players Takehiro Tomiyusu from Arsenal and Kaoru Mitoma Brighton are included in this squad.
However, other experienced players Kyogo Furuhashi and Reo, who play for Celtic are not included. Similarly, Genki Haraguchi and Yuya Osaka who played the Russia World Cup 2018 are not included in the squad.
Japan Squad for World Cup 2022
This time Coach Mawariyasu has given chances to youngsters who played less 10 games like Nagoya Grampu, Yuki Soma, Daizen Maeda and Aisa Ueda squad. Similarly experienced players Maya Yoshida and Yuto Nagamoto are also in the japanese squad.
Goalkeepers: Shuichi Gonda, Daniel Schmidt, Eiji Kawashima.
Defenders: Miki Yamane, Hiroki Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Shogo Taniguchi, Ko Itakura, Hiroki Ito, Yuto Nagatomo, Yuta Nakayama.
Midfielders: Wataru Endo, Hidemasa Morita, Ao Tanaka, Gaku Shibasaki, Kaoru Mitoma, Daichi Kamada, Ritsu Doan, Junya Ito, Takumi Minamino, Takefusa Kubo, Yuki Soma.
Forwards: Daizen Maeda, Takuma Asano, Ayase Ueda
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Japan Starting Lineup for FIFA WC 2022
According the previous good appearance we have pick the best players to prepare the probable lineups of Japan for the FIFA World Cup 2022 with head coach Hajime Moriyasu.
Japan Starting Lineup:- Daniel Schmidt, Miki Yamane, Hiroki Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Wataru Endo, Hidemasa Morita, Ao Tanaka, Gaku Shibasaki, Kaoru Mitoma, Takuma Asano
Group E Japan in World Cup 2022
Brazil is in Group E at the Qatar World Cup. Along with Spain, Costa Rica, Germany & Japan are in this group. Brazil will open their World Cup tour against Serbia on 25 November.
Japan Qatar World Cup 2022 Schedule
November 23 2022: Germany Vs Japan
Germany vs. Japan: JST 10:00 P.M. (NPT 6:45 P.M)
Germany vs Japan Head to head (h2h) is on 16th December 2004 in the International Friendly match Japan 0-3 Germany was the final score and on 30th May 2006 in the international friendly match Germany 2-2 Japan was the final score.
November 27: Japan Vs Costa Rica
Japan vs. Costa Rica: JST 7:00 P.M. (NPT 3:45 P.M)
Japan vs Costa Rica h2h shows that Japan holds 3rd position while Costa Rica hold 1st position. But In the two International friendly Japan is the winner. 3rd June 2014 Japan 3-1 Costa Rica was the final score and on 9th November 2018 Japan 3-0 Costa Rica was the final Match. This shows that Japan is the bigger favorite team to win against Costa Rica.
December 2: Japan vs Spain
Japan vs. Spain: JST 4:00 A.M (NPT 12:45 A.M)
Japan vs Spain h2h till 2022, till now Japan played against Spain just for one time in the international friendly match on 25th April 2001. The final score was Spain 1-0 Japan. This shows both team are strong enough to win against each other.
Japan Winning Match to Enter World Cup 2022
With an easy win over Australia, Japan has qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2022 to be held in Qatar this year.
Japan defeated Australia 2-0 in the competitive match at ANZ Stadium Sydney on Thursday. Although both teams created some opportunities, Kaoru Mitoma, a substitute player, scored two goals to give Japan an easy victory at the end of the game.
Mitoma, who entered the field in place of Ao Tanaka in the 84th minute, scored a goal in the 89th minute to give Japan a 1-0 lead. Then in the fourth minute of added injury time, he scored the second goal for the individual and the team to secure a 2-0 win. Finally, Japan has been qualified for the world Cup 2022.
Conclusion
Japan is the strong team with some youngster to lead. Japan should keep in mind that Germany, Spain and Costa Rica could stop them any time and perform well in their upcoming world cup matches schedules to advance to the next round.
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