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On Sunday 27 October, the U-17 Japan National Team faced the U-17 Netherlands National Team in their first group stage match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019. Despite facing Netherlands’ aggressive pressure, the Japanese side showcased a resilient performance to shutout the opponents while scoring three goals to earn a 3-0 victory to start the tournament.

In their first match of the tournament, coach MORIYAMA Yoshiro named SUZUKI Zion (Urawa Reds Youth) as their goalkeeper, with the defence line of HATA Taiga (Funabashi Municipal High School), SUZUKI Kaito (Jubilo Iwata U-18), HANDA Riku (Montedio Yamagata Youth), and NAKANO Shinya (Sagan Tosu U-18). While TANAKA Satoshi (Shonan Bellmare U-18) and FUJITA Joel Chima (Tokyo Verdy Youth) were positioned in the central midfield role, NARUOKA Hikaru (Shimizu S-Pulse Youth) and MITO Shunsuke (JFA Academy Fukushima U18) were placed in the flanks. NISHIKAWA Jun (Toko Gakuen High School) and WAKATSUKI Yamato (Kiryu Daiichi High School) were the two forwards named upfront......

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