January 3 – Japan have known as up Brighton and Hove Albion standout ahead Kaoru Mitoma for his or her Asian Cup squad regardless of Mitoma at present being sidelined by damage.
How lengthy he will probably be out appears to be a matter of whether or not you might be from Brighton or Japan.
Brighton supervisor Roberto de Zerbi says he’s “shocked” by the decision up after saying his medical workers stated Mitoma could be out for 4 to 6 weeks with an ankle damage acquired on December 21 in opposition to Crystal Palace.
Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu has a unique view of the damage saying that whereas Mitoma is probably not match for Japan’s opening sport in opposition to Vietnam on January 14, “he’s recovering properly, and I anticipate him to be obtainable at an early stage.”
Japan’s second sport is in opposition to Iraq on January 19.
Japan go into the finals in Qatar (January 12-February 10) as one of many agency favourites, having misplaced the ultimate in of the 2019 Asian Cup within the UAE 3-1 to Qatar.
Moriyasu has loaded up his squad with 22 gamers from golf equipment outdoors of Japan, 21 of them enjoying in Europe together with Watari Endo (Liverpool), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal) and Takumi Minamino (Monaco).
Japan squad
Goalkeepers:
Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe), Zion Suzuki (Sint-Truiden), Taishi Brandon Nozawa (FC Tokyo)
Defenders: Shogo Taniguchi (Al Rayyan), Ko Itakura (Borussia Monchengladbach), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Gent), Yuta Nakayama (Huddersfield City), Koki Machida (Union SG), Seiya Maikuma (Cerezo Osaka), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart), Yukinari Sugawara (AZ Alkmaar)
Midfielders/Forwards: Wataru Endo (Liverpool), Takuma Asano (Bochum), Hidemasa Morita (Sporting Lisbon), Daizen Maeda (Celtic), Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), Keito Nakamura, Junya Ito (Reims), Takefusa Kubo (Actual Sociedad), Takumi Minamino (Monaco), Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), Reo Hatate (Celtic), Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord), Kaishu Sano (Kashima Antlers), Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol)
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