MANAGER: Hajime MORIYASU


GOALKEEPERS:

1 Eiji KAWASHIMA
12 Shūichi GONDA
23 Daniel SCHMIDT

DEFENDERS:

2 Miki YAMANE
3 Shogo TANIGUCHI
4 Ko ITAKURA
5 Yuto NAGATOMO
16 Takehiro TOMIYASU
19 Hiroki SAKAI
22 Maya YOSHIDA ©
26 Hiroki ITO

MIDFIELDERS:

6 Wataru ENDO
7 Gaku SHIBASAKI
8 Ritsu DŌAN
9 Kaoru MITOMA
10 Takumi MINAMINO
11 Takefusa KUBO
13 Hidemasa MORITA
14 Junya ITO
15 Daichi KAMADA
17 Ao TANAKA
24 Yuki SOMA

FORWARDS:

18 Takuma ASANO
20 Shuto MACHINO*
21 Ayase UEDA
25 Daizen MAEDA

*Japan announced their final squad on 1 November 2022. Yuta Nakayama withdrew injured on 3 November, and was replaced by Shuto Machino on 8 November


4-2-3-1 And 3-4-2-1/5-2-2-1 FORMATION:

Japan Vs Costa Rica - Group Stage Game (27/11/2022)



GK GONDA
CB ITAKURA
CB YOSHIDA
RB YAMANE
LB NAGATOMO
DMF ENDO
DMF MORITA
RMF DŌAN
LMF SOMA
AMF KAMADA
CF UEDA

Substitutions: Ito for Nagatomo (46 mn), Asano for Ueda (46 mn), Mitoma for Yamane (52 mn), Ito for Doan (67 mn) and Minamino for Soma (82 mn)

Captain: Maya Yoshida
Short Free Kick: Yuki Soma/Daichi Kamada
Long Free Kick: Yuki Soma/Ritsu Dōan/Takumi Minamino/Shūichi Gonda
Free Kick 2: Daichi Kamada/Ritsu Dōan
Left Corner: Yuki Soma
Right Corner: Ritsu Dōan/Junya Ito
Penalty: -
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Ko Itakura, Maya Yoshida, Wataru Endo

Team Strategy

★Centre Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Ball Possession ATT


Japan Vs Croatia - Round of 16 (05/12/2022)



GK GONDA
CB TOMIYASU
CB/SWP YOSHIDA
CB TANIGUCHI
RWB/RB J. ITO
LWB/LB NAGATOMO
DMF ENDO
DMF MORITA
AMF DŌAN
AMF KAMADA
CF MAEDA

Substitutions: Mitoma for Nagatomo (63 mn), Asano for Maeda (63 mn), Sakai for Kamada (74 mn), Minamino for Dōan (86 mn) and Tanaka for Morita (106 mn)
Notes: Itakura was suspended for this game
Sakai played as RB/RWB, this relocated Junya Ito as Left AMF for a couple of minutes
Minamino played as Left AMF, this relocated Junya Ito as Right AMF

Captain: Maya Yoshida
Short Free Kick: Daichi Kamada/Ritsu Dōan
Long Free Kick: Ritsu Dōan/Junya Ito/Daichi Kamada/Maya Yoshida/Takehiro Tomiyasu (Taken with both feet)/Hidemasa Morita/Hiroki Sakai/Shūichi Gonda
Free Kick 2: Junya Ito
Left Corner: Junya Ito/Daichi Kamada
Right Corner: Ritsu Dōan/Junya Ito
Penalty: -
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Takehiro Tomiyasu, Maya Yoshida, Shogo Taniguchi, Wataru Endo

Team Strategy

★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides; Doan/Kamada | Endo/Morita | Endo/Tanaka
★Counter Attack
★Ball Possession ATT - Optional, after the first 30 minutes of the game


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