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On Wednesday 6 November, the U-17 Japan National Team faced the U-17 Mexico National Team at the round of 16 of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019. After ending the first half scoreless, Japan conceded two goals in the second half to get eliminated from the tournament.

Following their 1-0 victory over Senegal in their third match of the group stage, Japan rotated four players from the starting line-up, as SUZUKI Zion (Urawa Reds Youth) started in goal with the defence line of HATA Taiga (Funabashi Municipal High School), SUZUKI Kaito (Jubilo Iwata U-18), MURAKAMI Yosuke (Omiya Ardija U18), and NAKANO Shinya (Sagan Tosu U-18). While YAMAUCHI Kakeru (Vissel Kobe U-18) and FUJITA Joel Chima (Tokyo Verdy Youth) played as the central midfielders, NARUOKA Hikaru (Shimizu S-Pulse Youth) and MITO Shunsuke (JFA Academy Fukushima U18) were placed in the flanks. It was NISHIKAWA Jun (Toko Gakuen High School) and WAKATSUKI Yamato (Kiryu Daiichi High School), who were named upfront as the two strikers......

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