“We’ve been training for several months now and the upcoming matches will be a good test for us to see where we are,” said Shuntaro Suzuki, one of the players selected to the final traveling squad. “Against NMI, we’ve lost the last couple of matches, but we can do it this time. We’re all going in with the same goal, the same mindset, to get the result.
“It’s good for us to get these matches in to gain more experience before the AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers in September; it’s a good steppingstone for both teams,” Suzuki added. .....