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Moribato Ichima is hidden in the East Asian Cup: The core team has already taken shape!

6:11pm, 17 June 2025Football

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Wang Xiaorui reported that

Last weekend, Mori Boichi appeared in the J League, focusing on several players from Tokyo FC and Osaka Sakura, especially the new international player Akita Naoda. In the last two rounds of the World Cup qualifiers in the last two rounds of the quarterfinals in early this month, the 21-year-old became a phenomenon. According to Mori Boichi's explanation, in July, local stars like Akita Kazuta will be the main component of the Japanese team.

In fact, during the World Cup qualifiers in June, the Japanese team rarely accepted a large number of new products. On the list, there are 9 players from the national league, among which, such as Junnosuke Toki, Ryusuke Sato, and Akita Akita are all newcomers in the absolute sense. Since the Japanese team locked in World Cup tickets early, Mori Boichi also took this opportunity to inspect some new faces, and Akita Kamada is the lucky one. In the game against Australia, he even got the opportunity to start.

But the results of the two games were one joy and one sorrow. When they went to Australia, the Japanese team was defeated at the last moment and then returned to their home court to sweep Indonesia. And with one year left before the start of the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup, Moribaya also has a big plan in mind. When attending the press conference on the afternoon of the 16th, he once again reiterated his long-cherished wish of "fighting for the World Cup championship". In a quiet manner, he also formulated a detailed preparation strategy for the Japanese team: play in the East Asian Cup in July, go to North America in September, and play in the Kirin Cup at home in October and November.

But unlike the FIFA match day arrangement, for Mori Boyi, the East Asian Cup can only rely on the local team to attack. Japanese media believe that local international players such as Yuto Nagato, Yuki Takai, Junnosuke Suzuki, and Ryunosuke Sato will play core roles at that time. Moribashi does not deny this: "I hope that those J League players who have experienced the qualifiers in the June World Cup can become the core force of the East Asian Cup, but so far, the specific candidates have not been completely determined." To this end, he also called on newcomers who have not yet been selected for the Japanese team to play their due role: "I will decide on the players participating in the East Asian Cup based on the J League I have seen so far." In fact, in the J League, there are a large number of good players who are eager to be selected for the Japanese team, and there is even a lot of experience in studying abroad, such as Kitanogawa Koya, Okugawa Masaya, Sora Inagaki, Takuma Nishimura and Master Weisaka, and Moribashi and they have all had experience working together.

However, similar to the Chinese team, the current Japanese team has also begun to focus on becoming younger. The above people were basically born before 2000 and belonged to the main category of Moribochi's investigation in the last World Cup cycle, which is different from the Japanese team's Nashin in June. It is precisely because of this that when watching the game between Tokyo FC and Osaka Sakura on the spot, Moribaya aimed at the 21-year-old Akita.

In Mori Boyi's opinion, whether it is the World Cup in June or the East Asian Cup, internal potential is still one of the main goals. In fact, during the training camp of the Japanese team, he once advised Akita Kazuda: "Have you had too few vertical (breakthroughs) recently?" This time he went to the J League to watch the game, and he had some insights on this: "I pointed this out at that time, but I think coach Rizo Matsubashi and other staff at Tokyo FC may often ask him to do this, so I hope to give him extra encouragement." He said: "I think as offensive players, especially those who can create opportunities, we need to give priority to vertically breaking through the opponent's defense line and creating goals. I hope they can keep trying to score and be able to participate in the goals."

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