Hong Myung-boho → 'Chance for England's best breakthrough'... Korea-Japan soccer 'all-time gap'

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The Japanese national soccer team, which gained momentum after beating Scotland, had the perfect opportunity to win a historic victory over England, the closing team of the soccer team. Unlike Japan, which won four consecutive games before the World Cup, England had eight main players left.

The Athletic, a sports media outlet, reported on the 29th (Korea Standard Time) that "eight key resources, including Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice (Arsenals), have returned to their teams in the England national team ahead of the warm-up match against Japan."

Earlier, the English Football Association (FA) officially announced that Saka and Rice had returned to their team early for a thorough examination.

England, which is facing a match against Japan, is suffering from a serious power loss. Noni Madueke (Arnall), who was injured against Uruguay, was carried out and central midfielder Adam Worton (Crystal Palace) is also unavailable for the next game.

On top of that, key centre-back John Stones (Manchester City) was called off early due to an injury during training. On top of that, Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) and Aaron Ramsdale (Newcastle United) are believed to have returned to their teams.

Coach Tuchel selected 35 large-scale entries and tested them ahead of the A-match in March, but faced a major negative factor in the absence of a large number of quality players.

On the other hand, the atmosphere in Japan is at its peak. Japan beat Scotland 1-0 at Hampden Park in Glasgow on the 29th thanks to Junya Ito (KRC Genk)'s winning goal at the end of the second half. As a result, Japan recorded four consecutive wins in October last year, starting with Brazil (3-2 wins) and beating Ghana (2-0 wins) and Bolivia (3-0 wins). In particular, he has scored no runs in the last three consecutive games, boasting a perfect texture on both sides of offense and defense.

In the match against Scotland, Japan overwhelmed its opponents with a 55-to-45 possession ratio and an 18-to-8 shooting number. Japan, which pulled out a start close to Plan B, replaced Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) and Doan Ritz (Einracht Frankfurt) in the second half and won a scoreless victory over Scotland.

Japan, which has to face the Netherlands and Tunisia in Group F of the World Cup finals, is planning to gain solid confidence for its competitiveness in the finals through the match against England.

Unlike Hong Myung-bo Team, which is becoming increasingly shabby after losing four runs against Cote d'Ivoire, Japan, which showed a stable performance in succession, took a golden opportunity to catch even England, where a large number of key players left.

Japan will face England at Wembley Stadium at 3:45 a.m. on April 1. On the same day, Korea will try to recover its reputation against Austria.

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