"Lee Min Sung-ho's opponent" Japan U21 was completely defeated by the U.S. 0-2... On the 29th, the Korea-Japan match warm-up match.

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Japan's Under-21 national soccer team, which is training in Korea using the A-match period in March, was completely defeated in an exhibition match against the U.S. Japan's U-21 national team won the 2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Asian Cup in January.

According to Japanese media, including Gekisaka, Japan's U-21 team was completely defeated by the U.S. U-22 national team 0-2 in a friendly match held at Korea Football Park in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. According to reports, the U.S. is also centered on U-21 players, but nine players born after 2004 were also included.

Two days later, there will be a series of warm-up matches between South Korea and Japan led by head coach Lee Min-sung on the 29th and South Korea and the United States on the 31st. All matches will be played behind closed doors.

Unlike the U.S. and Japanese national teams preparing for the Los Angeles (LA) Olympics two years later, South Korea, led by head coach Lee Min-sung, will play in the warm-up match as the U-23 national team preparing for the Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games in September.

Lee Min-sung was originally scheduled to play a friendly match with the local U-21 and U-23 national teams through off-season training in Turkiye, but quickly changed his plan to domestic training in consideration of the situation in the Middle East. The U.S. and Japan are also conducting convocation drills for South Korea after the Turkiye training failed.

Lee Min-sung, who is trying to win the Asian Games men's soccer gold medal, has convened 25 people including eight European players, including Yang Min-hyuk (Coventry City), Park Seung-soo (Newcastle United), and Kim Min-soo (Girona FC).

GK: Kim Joon-hong (Suwon Samsung), Lee Seung-hwan (Pohang Steelers), and Han Tae-hee (Daegu FC)

DF: Kim Ji-soo (Kaiserslautern, Germany), Kang Min-joon (Pohang Steelers), Park Kyung-seop (Incheon United), Park Sung-hoon (FC Seoul), Bae Hyun-seo (Gyeongnam FC), Shin Min-ha (Gangwon FC), Lee Hyun-yong (Suwon FC), Choi Seok-hyun (Ulsan HD), Choi Woo-jin (Jeonbuk Hyundai)

MF: Kim Min-soo (FC Andorra).Spain), Park Seung-soo (Newcastle United, England), Lee Hyun-joo (FC Aroca, Portugal), Yang Min-hyuk (Coventry City, England), Yoon Do-young (FC Drecht, Netherlands), Kang Sang-yoon (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Park Seung-ho, Seo Jae-min (Incheon United), Son Jung-beom, Hwang Do-yoon (FC Seoul), Cho Joon-hyun (Seoul E-Land)

FW: Kim Myung-joon (KRC Genk, Belgium), Lee Young-joon (Grathhofer, Switzerland)

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