On Tuesday 10 December, the SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) faced the China PR National Team in their first match of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 held in Busan, Korea Republic, where they claimed a 2-1 victory with the help of goals scored by SUZUKI Musashi (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) and MIURA Genta (Gamba Osaka).
In the tournament opener, coach MORIYASU Hajime elected to start four players from the U-22 generation, UEDA Ayase (Kashima Antlers), MORISHIMA Tsukasa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), ENDO Keita (Yokohama F・Marinos), and HASHIOKA Daiki (Urawa Red Diamonds). For the goalkeeper position, NAKAMURA Kosuke (Kashiwa Reysol) was named to make his first start since June 2018......
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