Two Japanese players ask not to meet the Vietnamese team
(Dan Tri) – According to information from the Japan Football Federation (JFA), two players Ko Itakura and Wataru Endo actively asked not to meet the Vietnamese team and wanted to return to the club.
The Japanese team won tickets to the 2022 World Cup after a 2-0 victory over Australia recently. Therefore, the final match with Vietnam team only has procedural significance with this team.
Ko Itakura (left) and Wataru Endo (right) withdraw from the Japanese team (photo: Getty).
This is the match that Japan will be playing at home in Saitama but in the context that they are no longer motivated, the team Vietnam team It is entirely possible to hope to win a positive result in the final match in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.
Faced with that situation, two players Ko Itakura and Wataru Endo actively asked not to meet the Vietnamese team but wanted to return to the club. The application of these two players has been received by the Federation football Japan approved.
The reason these two players asked to return early to the club is because they need to be in the best physical condition to return to fight with the big goals of the two teams. Ko Itakura’s Schalke club are fighting for the promotion ticket to the Bundesliga this season. Currently, Schalke is ranked 4th in the German Second Division, behind the top team St. Pauli 4 points.
Meanwhile, Wataru Endo is playing for Stuttgart club, the team is fighting for the goal of relegation in the Bundesliga. After 27 rounds, “White Swan” only got 26 points, equal to the group holding the red light.
The Vietnamese team also does not have the service of Tien Linh (photo: Tien Tuan).
Japan Football Federation confirmed not to summon additional players, replacing Ko Itakura and Wataru Endo.
Previously, the Japanese team did not call up a series of players in this round such as Yuya Osako, Daizen Maeda, Hiroki Sakai or Takehiro Tomiyasu because of injury. There is information that they will only launch the second team in the match against the Vietnamese team.
However, at this time, Coach Park Hang Seo’s team does not have the strongest force. After the match with Oman, we lost two more players, Tien Linh (injury) and Thanh Chung (suspended).
The Vietnamese team has only 19 players on their way to the land of the Rising Sun. Here, the Vietnamese team will join forces with goalkeeper Dang Van Lam to have a total of 20 players registered before the match against Japan.
The match between the Vietnamese team and Japan will take place at 17:35 on March 29.
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