I can't believe I was the killer of the World Cup winners... Following Spain and Brazil, England is also "breaking the seal" and "If you win, it will be the 7th breaking milestone among the 8 countries."

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Japan is challenging the record of 'defeating the 7th World Cup winner in Tongsan' against England, the 'soccer closing price'.

Japan's 'Hochi Sports' reported on the 31st (Korea Standard Time) that "The Moriyasu, which is on a five-game unbeaten streak (4-1), will challenge England, the winner of the 1966 World Cup, to defeat the seventh World Cup winner in England."

Japan, led by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, will play an A-match warm-up match in March in England at 3:45 a.m. on April 1 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

According to the media, it is the first time in five months that Japan will face the World Cup winner since its historic 3-2 comeback victory over Brazil in October last year. At that time, Japan finished 0-2 inferiority in the first half, but it caused a stir in beating Brazil thanks to consecutive goals from Takumi Minamino, Keito Nakamura and Ayase Ueda in the second half. It was only their 14th face-to-face encounter.

Japan has won against six of the eight countries that have won the World Cup in history, except for England (1 draw and 2 losses) and Italy (1 draw and 2 losses). In particular, starting with defeating Germany 2-1 in the first group match of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the team has continued its overwhelmingly unbeaten streak with four wins and one draw in five recent face-to-face matches against the World Cup winners, including the match against Spain (2-1 win), the match against Uruguay (1-1 win) in March 2023, the match against Germany (4-1 win) in September, and the match against Brazil (3-2 win) in October 2025.

Japan is determined to boost its momentum toward the upcoming 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup by winning its first win against England, which has not won a single match since its first showdown in 1995.

In an official press conference held on the 30th, Moriyasu said, "While we are fighting England, which is the best in the world, we want to show what we can do in the World Cup winning standard and the world's top standard through a fierce match."

Meanwhile, Japan is the only country among the eight World Cup winners to win consecutive games against Germany, recording two wins, one draw and one loss. In addition, Japan had one draw and two losses to Italy, a European team, one win, one draw and four losses to France, one draw and two losses to England, and one win and one loss to Spain. Against the South American team, it has one win, two draws and 11 losses against Brazil, one win, six losses against Argentina, and two wins, three draws and four losses against Uruguay.

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