According to Japanese media reports, although the 18-team competition against the national team is set to begin on the 5th, as of the 2nd, the Japanese team has still not fully assembled and will only be complete by the 3rd at the earliest. There will be only two combined training sessions before facing the national team.
Due to the ongoing Japanese league and the overseas players called up by manager Hajime Moriyasu, who were only released by their clubs one to two days before the international match day, the plan for the Japanese team was to start assembling on the 2nd.
Among the domestic league players who played in the league on the 1st, Kohei Takahashi did not appear at the national team training ground on the 2nd. The other six domestic league players who reported to the national team only engaged in light activities such as jogging.
Kohei Takahashi and other returned overseas-based players, including Kaoru Mitoma, who returned to the Japanese team training list after seven months, only rested indoors and did not participate in outdoor training.
However, many of the overseas-based players have yet to return. Several are expected to arrive late on the night of the 2nd, while Ritsu Doan’s flight was delayed due to bad weather, and he will only return to Japan on the morning of the 3rd.
In other words, the Japanese team will only have two training sessions with all players participating before the match against the national team. However, former Japanese national player Makoto Hasebe, invited as an assistant, appeared at the training site early.
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