On Friday 26 March, the U-24 Japan National Team faced the U-24 Argentina National Team in the SAISON CARD CUP 2021. After conceding the opening goal in the first half, the young-samurais fell short from scoring the equaliser, dropping the first fixture against the South American side 0-1.

After starting their training camp on Monday 22 March, the U-24 Japan National Team welcomed the U-24 Argentina National Team to Tokyo Stadium, as coach YOKOUCHI Akinobu described the pair of matches as, “Two valuable matches ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.” For the first fixture, coach Yokouchi started OSAKO Keisuke (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) in goal, with SUGAWARA Yukinari (AZ Alkmaar), WATANABE Tsuyoshi (FC Tokyo), ITAKURA Kou (FC Groningen), and HATATE Reo (Kawasaki Frontale) forming the four-man defence line. WATANABE Kouta (Yokohama F.Marinos) and NAKAYAMA Yuta (PEC Zwolle) were placed in the defensive midfield positions, while MIYOSHI Koji (Royal Antwerp FC), KUBO Takefusa (Getafe CF), and MITOMA Kaoru (Kawasaki Frontale) served as the attacking midfielders, with TAGAWA Kyosuke (FC Tokyo) starting as their lone striker. .....

＞＞READ MORE "JAPAN FA"