On Tuesday, the Japan Football Association announced the 25-man roster for the 12-man round of 12 in October, compared to the 24-man roster in September, defenders Sho Sasaki, Yamane Shirai, midfielder Hisashi Andei, and striker Hiroyuki Furuhashi were defeated, replaced by Daiki Hashioka, Takuma Asano, Yasuko Miyoshi and Bi Tanaka. One of the players recruited by the Japanese Football Association is the mixed-race striker Onawu Ado, who was recruited after Takumi Minano retired due to injury on the international match day in September. The Japanese Football Association learned the lesson of Takumi Minamino's injury in September and gathered more manpower in case of emergency.
Among the new big list, the most regrettable thing is that the genius teenager Jiu Jianying was defeated due to injury. Jiu was replaced at half-time during Real Madrid's match against Mallorca on September 23, and was later confirmed to have a knee injury and missed the international match day in October. The absence of Hisagi Eigen is a blow to the Japanese team, which desperately needs more creativity on the offensive end. The supplementary candidate chosen by Morihoichi is Yasuko Miyoshi, who plays in the first division. Miyoshi Yasuko and Kumiyoshi are similar in style and are also all-rounders in the front, who can move on both wings and can also act as a front support forward.
In October, Japan's arrangement in the round of 12 was away to Saudi Arabia and home to Australia, and the two teams currently have 6 points, ranking in the top two of the group, and are the main contenders for Japan to qualify in the group, and the pressure facing Moriho can be imagined. In terms of the previous match record, Japan had a clear upper hand against Saudi Arabia with 9 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses; against Australia, it was 9 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses, which also had a slight advantage. Mori said he would do his best to get the most points and let Japan catch up with the leading Australia and Saudi Arabia in the group. As a result, Mori gave up looking at newcomers with no national team resume on such a crucial matchday, and instead selected players with all national team experience.
The additions to this squad include Daiki Hashioka, Takuma Asano and Yasuko Miyoshi, all familiar faces who played in the June Round of 40, with Midfielder Tanaka Bi of the Japanese Olympic team playing for Bundesliga side Düsseldorf, and the last time he was selected for the national team was in the 2019 East Asian Cup.
The Japanese team's flaws were on the offensive end, with Celtic's Furuhashi losing due to injury, and Morihoichi continuing to recruit on the stronger rivalry, Onawu Ado. Nigerian-Japanese-mixed Onawu Ado, who moved from yokohama mariners to Ligue 2 to Toulouse this summer, excelled as a key scorer, scoring five goals in 10 league games and joining England partner Hellais in the golden boot, touting Toulouse at the top of the Ligue 2 table.
The news to the delight of Japanese fans is that defender Kenyo Fuan has played well at Arsenal and Takumi Minamino has also returned from injury, and Japanese fans believe that these two players can free the Japanese team from the embarrassment of not playing well on both offensive and defensive ends in September.
Of course, this list is not without controversy, and Nikkan Sports believes that the most in-need fronts in Japan are kashima antler forward Ueda (11 goals), current J League top scorer Maeda Dairan (15 goals, Yokohama Mariners) and Suzuki Yuma, who scored 17 goals for St. Treden in the Bundesliga last season, are more eligible for the national team than those who played four league games in Kobe Victory Ship this season.
In september's Round of 12, 18 of the Japanese team's roster were foreigners, including Onawu Ado, who replaced Takumi Minamino. In October's list, Morihoichi's list of 25 people increased to 20 players, accounting for 80% of the total number of players in the list. The newly selected Daiki Hashioka (St. Turden, Bijia), Yasuko Miyoshi (Antwerp, Bijia) and Takuma Asano (Bochum, Bundesliga) all play in Europe.
In addition to goalkeepers Shuichi Kwonda (Shimizu Agitator), Akio Tani (Shonan Kai), Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Ruby) and Ōki (Kobe Victory Ship), as well as Yotsuto Nagatomo, who has joined FC Tokyo, in addition to goalkeeper Shuichi Kwonda (Shimizu Agitation), Hiroki Sakai (Shonan Kaikai), as well as Yakugi Guigen who joined FC Tokyo. Of the 5 local players, only the third goalkeeper, Kosei Gu, has no resume, and the other 4 have only returned from Europe this year.
Among the 12 teams in the round of 12, the proportion of Japanese players staying in foreign countries is second only to Australia. However, due to the strict epidemic prevention policy in Australia, It had to recruit almost all the foreign lineups. After returning to the home games normally in November, it is foreseeable that the proportion of foreign players in the Australian team should decline by a certain extent.