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Shock omissions are on the cards when Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu announces his 26-man squad for the World Cup in Qatar on Nov. 1, with some established names in Europe likely to miss out.
Soccer: Superb Japan down Argentina 3-0 in 2nd U-24 friendly March 30, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Ko Itakura, center, scores Japan's second goal with a header during the second half of an Under-24 football friendly against Argentina on March 29, 2021, at Kitakyushu Stadium in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Tokyo Olympic hopefuls struck back against their Argentine counterparts with an emphatic 3-0 win on Monday, three days after losing the first of their two under-24 friendlies 1-0. Late call-up Daichi Hayashi buried the opener on the stroke of hal...