Who is the player you want to see in the match against Uruguay (March 24th) and Colombia (March 28th) against the Japan national football team? What kind of players will Manager Hajime Moriyasu select and appoint while there are some positions that are weak for the next World Cup? Here, we asked five experts to list their ideal formations for this two-game series.
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Shigeki Sugiyama (sports writer)
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FW/Guqiao Hengwu
Forwards: Tomoya Fujii, Yuma Suzuki, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
Midfielder: Reo Hatate, Kota Watanabe (Kento Misao)
DF/Asahi Sasaki, Ryotaro Tsunoda, Tomoki Iwata, Yusei Sugawara (Daiki Hashioka)
GK/Gu Huangsheng
GK is Akio Tani (Gamba Osaka), who was left out of the squad for the Qatar World Cup. Last season’s J.League MVP Tomoki Iwata, who moved to Celtic this winter and started playing, and Ryotaro Tsunoda, who joined Yokohama F. Marinos, are center backs (CB).
As a back (SB), I would strongly recommend Yusei Sugawara (AZ), who was unfortunately not selected for the Qatar World Cup squad, on the right. Daiki Hashioka (Sint-Truiden) is also good, but Sugawara has established an unmovable position with a higher level AZ. On the left is Asahi Sasaki (Kawasaki Frontale), who shows a difference in strength in the J.League. I see him as a player who has the potential to become the core of the team tactically.
The defensive midfielders are Kota Watanabe, who plays for Yokohama FM, and Reo Hatate (Celtic), who was eliminated from the Qatar World Cup. If I had to choose another player, I would recommend Kento Misao (Santa Clara), who is active in Portugal.
The wingers are Tomoya Fujii from Kashima Antlers and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Oostende), a skilled player who continues to play in games in Belgium. Below the top is Yuma Suzuki (Kashima) and the top one is Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) who was eliminated. The author secretly thinks that the combination of these two is better than expected.
Anyway, I think the player who was eliminated in the Qatar World Cup should be placed in the middle of the squad this time. In short, they are the players we want to see at this time of year.
