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On Monday 12 July, the U-24 Japan National Team faced the U-24 Honduras National Team in the KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2021 held at YODOKO SAKURA STADIUM (Osaka), where they earned a 3-1 victory thanks to the opener scored by YOSHIDA Maya (U.C. Sampdoria) and the brace of DOAN Ritsu (PSV Eindhoven).

With the Tokyo Olympics just around the corner, coach MORIYASU Hajime named TANI Kosei (Shonan Bellmare) as the starting goalkeeper with a four-back defence line consisting of SAKAI Hiroki (Urawa Red Diamonds), Yoshida, TOMIYASU Takehiro (Bologna FC 1909), and NAKAYAMA Yuta (PEC Zwolle). TANAKA Ao (Fortuna Dusseldorf) and ENDO Wataru (VfB Stuttgart) were positioned as the defensive midfielders with Doan, KUBO Takefusa (Real Madrid), and MIYOSHI Koji (Royal Antwerp FC) placed in the attacking midfield positions. It was HAYASHI Daichi (Sagan Tosu) who was named as the lone striker. .....

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