Other Teams Squad announcements for Asian Cup 2019

[perspolis#1]

Japan released their 23 man squad early.

Goalkeepers: Daniel Schmidt (Vegalta Sendai), Shuichi Gonda (Sagan Tosu); Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka).

Defenders: Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Reds); Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima); Hiroki Sakai (Marseille); Genta Miura (Gamba Osaka); Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo); Maya Yoshida (Southampton); Takahiro Tomiyasu (Sint-Truiden); Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray).

Midfielders: Wataru Endo (Sint-Truiden); Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima); Shoya Nakajima (Portimonense), Takumi Minamino (Salzburg); Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe); Hidemasa Morita (Kawasaki Frontale); Ritsu Doan (Groningen); Genki Haraguchi (Hannover); Junya Ito (Kashiwa Reysol).

Forwards: Takuma Asano (Hannover), Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), Koya Kitagawa (Shimizu S-Pulse).

They didn't call up Okazaki or Kagawa.

https://www.thenational.ae/sport/foo...squad-1.801886

[diz]

Thanks, but probably should be in the International forum.

[naderb94]

Daniel Schmidt as their goalkeeper?

[perspolis#1]

Thanks, but probably should be in the International forum.

Mods, please move it if necessary. Just thought all Asian cup stuff should be together.

Daniel Schmidt as their goalkeeper?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel...t_(footballer)

Probably a half-American.

[Amin_]

Yeah, let's keep this thread here and post the squads of the (major) AC contenders in one place.

[GoIran]

Japan released their 23 man squad early.

Goalkeepers: Daniel Schmidt (Vegalta Sendai), Shuichi Gonda (Sagan Tosu); Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka).

Defenders: Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Reds); Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima); Hiroki Sakai (Marseille); Genta Miura (Gamba Osaka); Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo); Maya Yoshida (Southampton); Takahiro Tomiyasu (Sint-Truiden); Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray).

Midfielders: Wataru Endo (Sint-Truiden); Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima); Shoya Nakajima (Portimonense), Takumi Minamino (Salzburg); Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe); Hidemasa Morita (Kawasaki Frontale); Ritsu Doan (Groningen); Genki Haraguchi (Hannover); Junya Ito (Kashiwa Reysol).

Forwards: Takuma Asano (Hannover), Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), Koya Kitagawa (Shimizu S-Pulse).

They didn't call up Okazaki or Kagawa.

https://www.thenational.ae/sport/foo...squad-1.801886

Shoji, a WC starting CB who is going to move to Ligue 1 side Toulouse and Inui who plays for Betis and scored 2 goals in the WC didn't get called up either.

[Ghermez Agha]

WOW - what is the japan coach on?

okazaki, kagawa, honda, hasebe, kawashima, Inui............this is mindblowing to me that this many key players can be left out! he went all out in rebuild mode for this....

[Leicester City]

Shoji, a WC starting CB who is going to move to Ligue 1 side Toulouse and Inui who plays for Betis and scored 2 goals in the WC didn't get called up either.

Wtf do they want to lose to Iran or something???

[Leicester City]

WOW - what is the japan coach on?
okazaki, kagawa, honda, hasebe, kawashima, Inui............this is mindblowing to me that this many key players can be left out! he went all out in rebuild mode for this....

I’m mean shoot I’ll take it I don’t care but I wanted a fight or something at least...

[GoIran]

Wtf do they want to lose to Iran or something???

Maybe they want to rest several key players for Copa America in summer.

[Dortmund]

Missing a lot of key players. Seem less like title contenders now, but anything is possible with a well organized team

[K. Nader]

The issue isn't that Japan is missing a lot of key players, they're just not selecting the ones that we've always been familiar with. It's natural that players that have been with the team since the 2010 cycle are either being phased out or retiring (e.g. Hasebe, Kagawa, Okazaki, Honda). For all we know, these new players may be the Majid Hosseinis of Japan. Japan may be in a rebuild phase but I don't think it necessarily makes them any less of a contender.

[beri486]

WOW - what is the japan coach on?

okazaki, kagawa, honda, hasebe, kawashima, Inui............this is mindblowing to me that this many key players can be left out! he went all out in rebuild mode for this....

He still remembers the final 2 minutes of the Belgium match and how his team collapsed.
Hence, the need for new blood.

[TM4LIFE]

He still remembers the final 2 minutes of the Belgium match and how his team collapsed.
Hence, the need for new blood.

I think the fact that they even got to a 'Belgium match' in the first place speaks to the quality of that squad though.

[Ghermez Agha]

He still remembers the final 2 minutes of the Belgium match and how his team collapsed.
Hence, the need for new blood.

entirely changing up your team and getting rid of your core players is the answer only a mad man would come up with.

also the team collapsed not bc of the players but it was much more about the tactics of the game and pushing forward when you have a lead instead of playing smarter/more conservative