Previously, the Japanese Football Association had arranged for the national team and the national Olympic team to play warm-up matches with the Jamaican national team. A few days ago, a number of Japanese media reported that the Jamaican national team could not go to Japan to participate in the game because more than 10 players of the Jamaican national team failed to pass the health examination. Therefore, the Japanese Football Association decided to arrange for the Japanese Olympic Games to play against the Japanese national team. It is worth mentioning that this scene has appeared in the comic "Football Boy".
The storyline described in "Football Boy" is that the Japanese u23 led by the big air wing and the Japanese national team had a confrontation. Japan u23 has players such as Daikon Wing, Hyuga Kojiro, Wakabayashi Genzo, Matsuyama Hikaru, Hawtarō, Ishizaki, Wakashimazu Kenwei, and Jun Misugi. The members of the Japanese national team include Shunsuke Nakamura, Norio Kawaguchi, Junichi Inamoto, Tsuneyoshi Miyamoto, Yuji Nakazawa, Naoya Takahara, and Santosho.
According to Japanese media reports a few days ago, the original schedule of the Jamaican national team was to participate in the Japanese Kirin Cup tournament first, play against the Japanese national team, and then play a friendly match with the Japanese Olympic team. But with the Jamaican national team unable to travel to Japan, the Japan Football Association announced that as an alternative to the cancellation of the match with Jamaica, the Japanese national team will play a warm-up match with the Japanese olympic team on June 3.
The Japan Football Association also announced the squad list for the Japanese national team against the Japanese Olympic Games:
Japan National Team Roster: (13 people staying in The West)
Goalkeepers: Nagashi Kawashima (Strasbourg), Shuichi Kwonda (Heartbeat Shimizu), Daniel Schmidt (St. Turden), Kensuke Nakamura (Portimão)
Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (Marseille), Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Akigo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Forward), Masakogen (Gamba Osaka), Shirai Yamane (Kawasaki Forward), Muroya Seiri (Hannover 96), Naotori Ueda (Nim), Shinnosuke Nakatani (Nagoya Whale), Ogawa (Tokyo FC)
Midfielders: Genki Haraguchi (Hannover 96), Junya Ito (Henk), Kento Hashimoto (Rostov), Takumi Minano (Southampton), Hidemasa Morita (Santa Clara), Daichi Kamada (Frankfurt), Jun Kawabe (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Sakura Osaka)
Forwards: Ōtsuki (Bremen), Takuma Asano (free body), Kogo Furuhashi (Kobe Victory Ship)
Japan Olympic team roster:
Goalkeepers: Keisuke Daisuke (Hiroshima Sanfrecce), Okiyūya (Kashima Antlers), Akio Tani (Shonan Marine), Suzuki Zion (Urawa Red Diamond)
Defenders: Mayo Yoshida (Sampdoria), Hiroki Sakai (Marseille), Hiroki Machida (Kashima Antlers), Flag Bearer Keiyo (Kawasaki Striker), Kenyo Koan (Bologna), Koga Sun (Kashiwa Helioshin), Daiki Hashioka (Saint-Turden), Yusei Sugahara (Alkmaar)
Midfielders: Sail Endo (Stuttgart), Itakura (Groningen), Yuta Nakayama (Zwolle), Yuki Soma (Nagoya Whale), Yasuo Miyoshi (Antwerp), Kaoru Mitsuma (Striker Kawasaki), Keita Endo (Berlin United), Yasuru Don (Bielefeld), Kenei Kubo (Getafe), Bi Tanaka (Kawasaki Forward), Ryotaro Isano (Rio Avi)
Forwards: Kosuke Tagawa (fc Tokyo), Hayashi Daichi (Tosu Sandstone), Maeda Dairan (Yokohama Mariner), Ueda Kiyo (Kashima Antlers)