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Harjime Moriyasu (58), the coach of the Japanese national soccer team, expressed high expectations for the warm-up match against England.

The Japan Football Association (JFA) announced on the 19th the list of 28 members of the Japanese national soccer team's two consecutive A matches. Japan will play Scotland at Hampden Park in Glasgow at 2 a.m. on the 29th (Korea time) and England at Wembley Stadium in London at 3:45 a.m. on April 1.

Japan's 'Scar Magazine' explained, "This is the last away warm-up match in England ahead of the announcement of the World Cup finals scheduled for May."

According to the media, Moriyasu said, "Since the convocation period has been empty for a long time since November, I want to check the basic concept once again and build up my organizational skills," adding, "It is to share team tactics with more players."

Regarding playing warm-up matches with European powerhouses such as England, he expressed satisfaction, saying, "The best environment has been prepared to play warm-up matches with world-class powerhouses and participating countries in the World Cup."

"Through this series, we will feel the intensity of the World Cup standards and test tactical changes according to existing concepts and member changes," he said.

Coach Moriyasu emphasized, "It's a difficult away game, but as always, I want to fight for victory and deliver victory to the supporters."

A large number of Japanese star players were excluded from the list due to injuries. Long-term defectors such as Endo Wataru (Liverpool) and Minamino Takumi (AS Monaco), as well as Kubo Takefusa (Real Sociedad) and Itakura Ko (Ajax), were missing.

The vacancy was filled with new resources. Takehiro Tomiyasu (Ajax), who suffered from a long-term injury, caught the eye after boarding for the first time in a year and nine months. In addition, Shigai Kento, who raised his stock price by moving from NEC Neymehen in the Netherlands to Wolfsburg in Germany this winter, was selected for the A team for the first time.

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