Japan Squad to Face Uzbekistan Japan Squad to Face Uzbekistan

The team to play Uzbekistan on Wednesday has been announced. Unlike the Iceland friendly, this match is on a FIFA date so most of the overseas players have been included. No place for Honda or Kagawa though.Goalkeepers (rookies in bold): Eiji Kawashima, Kaito Yamamoto, and Shusaku Nishikawa.Defenders: Yuichi Komano, Yasuyuki Konno, Yuzo Kurihara, Yuto Nagatomo, Masahiko Inoha, Tomoaki Makino, Maya Yoshida, and Atsuto Uchida John Hannah Jersey .Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo, Kengo Nakamura, Chikashi Masuda, Yosuke Kashiwagi, Makoto Hasebe, and Hajime Hosogai. Forwards: Ryo Miyaichi, Tadanari Lee, Mike Havenaar, Shinji Okazaki, Jungo Fujimoto, and Takashi Inui.Obviously Im excited to see Miyaichi. He probably will start on the bench, but hopefully hell get some time. Hes been playing well at Bolton, and together with Nagatomo, could cause real havoc down the wings.I am disappointed that Junya Tanaka was not Rhamondre Stevenson Jersey retained from the friendlyhe played well when he came on against Iceland. However he will get plenty of opportunities in the future.Kagawas omi sion is definitely because of injury Mac Jones Jersey . He wasnt expected to return for Dortmund until next week, but played in todays 3-1 win over Hannover. He was likely still thought unavailable when the selections were made. Im gue sing its similar with Honda, though he played in the midweek against Real Madrid. I think that CSKA werent too keen about having their playmaker fly all the way to Japan after just making his way back to fitne s, and made the JFA aware of this concern.Despite these two absences, Zaccheroni will be able to put forward a very strong team. He will probably go with his favored 4-2-3-1. Mike will probably Devin Asiasi Jersey be the lone striker, with Okazaki-Lee-Hosogai behind him. Endo and Hasebe are near locks in the midfield. I would bet on Nagatomo-Konno-Yoshida-Uchida and obviously Kawashima in goal.With a win, Japan would secure first place in Group C on head-to-head. The seeding for groups in the next round is done by FIFA ranking so the result from this match wont get Japan a more favorable group, but it would still be good to finish the round with a win Joe Cardona Jersey .The European update will come later this week. Sorry for the delay, heres a Shinji Kagawa to make up for it.