1st half performance was a disaster. Their defense was shaky despite Nakayama leading the line. China's pressing and harassing tactic worked wonder. Never give Japan any space to play their usual short passing game. Despite there was improvement in the 2nd half, it's too late. This match was effectively Japan U-20 vs China U-23. But Japan still should have at least secure a point.
Yamagata then? Good choice. Yamaga is not for him as it was not for Daizen. Sorimachi prefers another type of strikers. Or maybe next season he will keep Daizen after this impressive season in Mito? Hope so. Maybe he will play in the place of Serginho or along with him behind a Takasaki-type forward. But when Shunta signed with Montedio? Missed the news.
sorry for the lapsus, it's Yamagata yes. https://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/1878897.html By the way they play with just Sakano forward most of the time, so I wonder if they'll use Shunta behind him (they often did 3-4-2-1 or 4-2-3-1)
That video lacks the Al Kass footage by the way, which is where Shunta did his best things. Also lacks NT stuff.
Next appointments for the U19 team: - Tournament in Qatar in September; - AFC U19 qualifiers with Thailand, Singapore and Mongolia in November
GK 23 NAKANO Kojiro (Hosei University) 1 OSAKO Keisuke (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth) 12 WAKAHARA Tomoya (Kyoto Sanga U-18) DF 8 TANAKA Riku (Kashiwa Reysol U-18) 2 SUGIYAMA Danto (Shiritsu Funabashi High School) 5 NAKAGAWA So (Kashiwa Reysol U-18) 3 KAWAI Ayumu (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth) 22 ABE Kaito (Higashi Fukuoka High School) 21 TANIGUCHI Hiroto (Tokyo Verdy Youth) 19 OGIWARA Takuya (Urawa Red Diamonds Youth) MF 13 HORI Kenta (Yokohama F・Marinos Youth) 7 ITO Hiroki (Jubilo Iwata U-18) 14 GOKE Yuta (Aomori Yamada High School) 10 FUJIMOTO Kanya (Tokyo Verdy Youth) 17 YAMADA Kota (Yokohama F・Marinos Youth) 16 OKUNUKI Kanji (Omiya Ardija Youth) 6 KAWAMURA Takumu (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth) 20 SUGIURA Fumiya (Nagoya Grampus U-18) FW 11 NAKAJIMA Motohiko (Cerezo Osaka U-18) 9 HARA Taichi (FC Tokyo U-18) 18 ANDO Mizuki (High school attached to Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science) 15 FURUKAWA Daigo (Jef United Ichihara Chiba U-18) U19-Four Nations Sat. 23 September 19:00 vs Croatia(ASPIRE No8) Mon. 25 September 19:00 vs Qatar(ASPIRE No4) Wed. 27 September 19:00 vs Australia(ASPIRE No5) Sat. 30 September 16:30 Playoff(ASPIRE No4) 19:00 Final(ASPIRE No5)
U-18 Japan National Team squad, schedule - AFC U-19 Championship 2018 Qualifiers groupI (11/4-8@Mongolia) Squad GK 23 NAKANO Kojiro (Hosei University) 1 OSAKO Keisuke (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth) 12 WAKAHARA Tomoya (Kyoto Sanga U-18) DF 3 ISHIHARA Hirokazu (Shonan Bellmare) 4 HASHIOKA Daiki (Urawa Red Diamonds Youth) 2 SUGIYAMA Danto (Ichiritsu Funabashi High School) 22 NAKAMURA Yuta (Kashima Antlers Youth) 16 KAWAI Ayumu (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth) 5 ABE Kaito (Higashi Fukuoka high school) 21 TANIGUCHI Hiroto (Tokyo Verdy Youth) 19 OGIWARA Takuya (Urawa Red Diamonds Youth) MF 10 SAITO Mitsuki (Shonan Bellmare) 13 HORI Kenta (Yokohama F・Marinos Youth) 7 ITO Hiroki (Jubilo Iwata U-18) 14 GOKE Yuta (Aomori Yamada High School) 6 TANAKA Riku (Kashiwa Reysol U-18) 8 FUJIMOTO Kanya (Tokyo Verdy Youth) 17 KAWAMURA Takumu (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth) 20 SUGIURA Fumiya (Nagoya Grampus U-18) FW 11 ABE Hiroki (Kashima Antlers) 9 TAGAWA Kyosuke (Sagan Tosu) 15 HARA Taichi (FC Tokyo U-18) 18 ANDO Mizuki (Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science) AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2018 Qualifiers groupI Sat. 4 November 12:00 vs Mongolia (Football Centre MFF) Sun. 5 November TBC Training Mon. 6 November 16:00 vs Singapore (Football Centre MFF) Tue. 7 November TBC Training Wed. 8 November 12:00 vs Thailand (Football Centre MFF)
Japan X Canary Islands: The selected players for the tournament: http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/u19_2018/member/
Useless tourney but some interesting callups: http://www.jfa.jp/eng/news/00016381/ U-19 Japan National Team squad, schedule - Indonesia tour (18-28 March) GK OSAKO Keisuke (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) WAKAHARA Tomoya (Kyoto Sanga F.C.) TANI Kosei (Gamba Osaka) DF HASHIOKA Daiki (Urawa Reds) KAWAI Ayumu (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) ABE Kaito (Fagiano Okayama) TANIGUCHI Hiroto (Tokyo Verdy Youth) OGIWARA Takuya (Urawa Reds) KOBAYASHI Yuki (Vissel Kobe U-18) HIGASHI Shunki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth) MF SAITO Mitsuki (Shonan Bellmare) ABE Hiroki (Kashima Antlers) HORI Kenta (Yokohama F・Marinos) ITO Hiroki (Jubilo Iwata) GOKE Yuta (Vissel Kobe) YAMADA Kota (Yokohama F・Marinos) KAWAMURA Takumu (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) FW HARA Taichi (F.C. Tokyo) ANDO Mizuki (Cerezo Osaka) Additional Call-up (3/15) ISHIHARA Hirokazu DF Club: Shonan Bellmare DOB: 26 February 1999 169cm/65kg YOKOYAMA Rui MF Club: F.C. Tokyo U-18 DOB: 30 September 1999 179cm/63kg KIDA Hinata MF Club: Cerezo Osaka U-18 DOB: 4 July 2000 171cm/59kg MIYASHIRO Taisei FW Club: Kawasaki Frontale U-18 DOB: 26 May 2000 178cm/71kg