On March 22, 2024, the Japanese national team conducted training in Chiba Prefecture in preparation for the 2026 World Cup Asian Second Qualifying Round. The second match was scheduled to be an away match in North Korea, but it was suddenly canceled. The national team also changed its schedule and suddenly had to practice domestically.[Schedule of 2026 World Cup Asian Second Qualifying Round and Asian Cup 2027 Qualifying Schedule][1st match]March 21st (Thursday) 19:20 KO North Korea National Stadium (Japan won 1-0)[ 2nd match]March 26th (Tuesday) 17:00 KO North Korea National Team Kim Il Sung Stadium[Selected Members]GK Mayuya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe) Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Ayen Suzuki (Sint-Truiden/ Belgium) DF Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Shogo Taniguchi (Al Rayan/Qatar) Akira Itakura (Borussia MG/Germany) Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Ghent/Belgium) Hiroki Machida (Union Saint-Giroise/Belgium) Seiya Makuma (Cerezo Osaka) Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart/Germany) Daiki Hashioka (Luton/England) Yusei Sugawara (AZ/Netherlands) MF/FW Wataru Endo (Liverpool/England) Takuma Asano (Bochum/Germany) Takumi Minamino (Monaco/France) Hidemasa Morita (Sporting/Portugal) Yuki Soma (Casa Pier/Portugal) Koki Ogawa (NEC Nijmegen/Netherlands) Daenen Maeda (Celtic/Scotland) Ritsu Doan (Freiburg/Germany) Kiyo Ueda (Feyenoord/Netherlands) Aoi Tanaka (Dusseldorf/Germany) Takumu Kawamura (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Keito Nakamura (Stade de Reims/France) Kaishu Sano (Kashima Antlers) *Not participating due to injury Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad/Spain) —- ————————————————– ——– ●YouTube membership introduction https://www.youtube.com/@SoccerDigestTV/join ●Soccer Digest TV official Twitter https://twitter.com/SoccerDigestTV ●Soccer Digest WEB https:// www.soccerdigestweb.com/ ●Soccer Digest Official Instagram https://www.instagram.com/soccerdigestweb/ ●Soccer Digest related book sales site https://www.nsks.com/ #J League #Japan National Team #Soccer Digest
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