Masahiro Fukuda Principles of Football
■The Japanese national football team will start fresh with two games in March, but who will be selected for this year’s squad? Do you want to continue with the Qatar World Cup group or do you need new players? We asked Mr Masahiro Fukuda to analyze the current situation of each point of view.
“Everyone wants to see Kaoru Mitoma play for the Japanese national team,” Fukuda said
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[Mae GK yn debygol o gael ei ddisodli o dîm Cwpan y Byd Qatar]
Hajime Moriyasu’s second coaching system will finally start with the match against Uruguay (March 24 @ Kunitachi) and Colombia (March 28 @ Yodokou). I’m just looking forward to the game that will be the foundation for the next four years.
The first question is, who are you going to invite? As a major premise, the Japanese national team is not a place to test and develop high potential, but a place to call on players who are currently strong. However, as the two friendlies this time are supposed to show the faces of the people who supported us in the World Cup, I think basically we will call on the members who played in the Qatar World Cup.
Speaking of Qatar’s World Cup group, Kaoru Mitoma, who is showing his success in sweeping the Premier League with Brighton, and Takefusa Kubo, who has become a central player in the attack at Real Sociedad, who joined from the this season, now everyone. in Japan. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he is the player I want to see on the national team.
GK Shuichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse), who was a guardian god in the Qatar tournament, has not been called up to the national team this time due to playing in J2, and Eiji Kawashima (Strasbourg) has also announced a “break ” of the Japanese national team. . As for Gonda, Manager Moriyasu already knows what he can do, so I think he is worried about focusing on J2, who have a lot of games in the season.
For this reason, Schmidt Daniel (Sint-Truiden) will be the only goalkeeper for the Qatar World Cup team, so it will be interesting to see who else will be called up. A strong candidate would be Akio Tani (Gamba Osaka). Can the guardian deity of the Tokyo Olympics generation take advantage of this opportunity and get the seat of the guardian deity of Japan’s representative?
On the other hand, we are also paying attention to see if Kosuke Nakamura (Portimonense) will be called up. He was a member of the World Cup in Russia, and although there was a time when he was considered the next guardian god after Kawashima, he was away from the national team due to injuries. Transferred to the Portuguese league from January 2021, but only took part in two games last season. This season, however, he has been a regular since taking part in the fifth race of the season. Considering how hard it is for a Japanese GK to get a job in a foreign league, he’s a player I’d like to see called upon.
