Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma was disregarded of Japan’s squad Thursday due to harm for house friendlies towards Paraguay and Brazil however Takefusa Kubo was known as up regardless of carrying a knock.
Japan want to decide up momentum forward of subsequent yr’s World Cup and can relish one other assembly with five-time champions Brazil in Tokyo on October 14.
They should do it with out Mitoma, who performed the primary 67 minutes of Brighton’s 3-1 away win over Chelsea on Saturday however reported ache in his leg afterwards.
Actual Sociedad’s Kubo additionally has an ankle problem however he was among the many 27 gamers known as up by coach Hajime Moriyasu.
“Our medical employees are in touch with membership medical employees they usually examine what the scenario is earlier than we decide whether or not to name a participant up or not,” mentioned Moriyasu.
“They’re additionally in touch with the gamers themselves and the choice is made based mostly on the medical employees’s opinion.
“We determined to name up Kubo however not Mitoma this time.”
Mitoma has began all six of Brighton’s video games within the Premier League this season, scoring as soon as.
Japan will face Paraguay in Osaka on October 10 earlier than going through Brazil 4 days later.
Liverpool’s Wataru Endo, Crystal Palace’s Daichi Kamada and Leeds United’s Ao Tanaka had been all included within the squad.
QPR’s Koki Saito was known as up for the primary time.
Japan drew 0-0 with Mexico and misplaced 2-0 to america of their most up-to-date friendlies in September.
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