Having booked their place in the knockout stage with a 2-0 win over UAE, Japan made seven changes, with NOZAWA Taishi Brandon (FC Tokyo) starting in goal and HANDA Riku (Gamba Osaka), SUZUKI Kaito (Jubilo Iwata), TAKAI Kota (Kawasaki Frontale) and UCHINO Takashi (Fortuna Düsseldorf) starting in defence. KAWASAKI Sota (Kyoto Sanga FC), TANAKA Satoshi (Shonan Bellmare) and ARAKI Ryotaro (FC Tokyo) were named in midfield, while FUJIO Shota (FC Machida Zelvia) and HIRAKAWA Yu (FC Machida Zelvia) were deployed on the flanks, with UCHINO Kotaro (University of Tsukuba) starting as a central striker.
With Nozawa, Handa, Tanaka and Uchino Kotaro all making their first starts of the tournament, 22 of the 23 players in the squad have now started for Japan. .....
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