Japan, who are bidding to qualify for their eighth consecutive FIFA World Cup™, currently top Group C with three wins and a draw. With the qualifying round now at the halfway stage, the points from these two away games will certainly help them in their quest for automatic qualification to the tournament, which goes to the top two teams in the group.
The 27-man squad selected for the final team activity of the year was largely made up of players who took part in the October series of matches, including MITOMA Kaoru (Brighton & Hove Albion FC), ITO Junya (Stade de Reims), DOAN Ritsu (SC Freiburg) and KUBO Takefusa (Real Sociedad). .....
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