TOKYO, Apr 08 (News On Japan) –
Japan’s U-23 males’s soccer crew, aiming for a spot within the Paris Olympics, departs for Qatar as ahead Masahiro Hosoya expresses dedication to attain objectives.
Japan’s U-23 nationwide crew is about to compete within the Asian closing qualifiers beginning on the fifteenth of this month in Qatar, with the objective of securing their eighth consecutive Olympic look. Many of the 23 gamers, who play domestically, departed from Narita Airport to Qatar on the night of the seventh. Speaking to the media earlier than their departure, Masahiro Hosoya, a ahead for Kashiwa Reysol who participated on this 12 months’s Asian Cup with out age restrictions, acknowledged, “I have been playing with the final qualifiers in mind. Although I haven’t had good personal results, I want to channel my frustration and score goals in the final qualifiers.” Additionally, Yuto Hirakawa, who’s main J1’s newly promoted and at present top-ranked FC Machida Zelvia, commented, “I want to bring the hard work and defense that is expected of me at Zelvia to the national team. I intend to fight with a clear understanding of how I should play to achieve our important goal of qualifying for the Olympics.”
In the primary spherical of the Asian closing qualifiers, Japan, in Group B, will face China on the sixteenth, the UAE on the twentieth, and South Korea on the twenty second, all in Japan time. Advancing to the highest two of the group will cause them to the ultimate event, the place ending within the prime three will safe a spot within the Paris Olympics. NHK will broadcast the match towards the UAE on the twentieth on normal tv and concurrently stream it on NHK Plus.
Source: NHK