The list of 18 players excluding the 'Olympic Official'Daily Waka' that Korean soccer failed to float for the first time in 40 years is announced
Jul 03, 2024
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On the 3rd (Korea time), the JFA announced 18 final and four preliminary members of the Paris Olympics. As expected, Japan's key Olympic team Fujita Joel Chima (Sintrawidan), Hosoya Mao (Kashiwa Reysol), and Kokubo Leo (Benfica), who won the 2024 Asian U-23 Asian Cup in Qatar in May and won a ticket to the Olympic finals, were selected.
In the Olympic finals, each team can write three wild cards, meaning players under the age of 23, and Japan's coach Ko Oiwa gave up the selection of wild cards and set up a squad for all under the age of 23. Kota Takai (Kawasaki Frontale), born in 2004, will go with him.
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Meanwhile, the South Korean Olympic team, led by current Daejeon Hana coach Hwang Sun-hong, reached the quarterfinals as No. 1 in the group by beating Japan in the third round of the U-23 Asian Cup, but suffered a shock defeat after a penalty shootout by Indonesia led by head coach Shin Tae-yong in the quarterfinals.
It is the first time in 40 years that Korean soccer has not made the Olympic finals since the 1984 LA Olympics, which is quite shocking. At the 2012 London Olympics, he used the bronze medal myth. The nation's top players under the age of 23 have missed a valuable opportunity to experience the Olympics, where soccer strong players from all over the world gather. Watching rival Japan announce the Olympic list, it seems necessary to reflect on that day and reflect on the pain of history.
◇Japan's U-23 Team Olympic Final List
FW = Hosoya Mao (Kashiwa Reysol), Shota Fujio (Machida Gelbia), Kane Sato (Verder Bremen), Koki Saito (Romale SK), Yu Hirakawa (Machida Gelbia)
MF=Shota Kawasaki (Kyoto Shopping Center), Rihito Yamamoto (Sintrawidan), Ryotaro Araki (FC Tokyo), Joel Chima Fujita (Sintrawidan), Mito??Ske (Sparta Rotterdam)
DF = Ayumu Ohata (Urawares), Ryoya Nishiio (Cerezo Osaka), Kota Takai (Kawasaki Frontale), Riku (Gamba Osaka), Seiji Kimura (Sagan Tosu), Hiroki Sekine (Kashiwa Reysol)
GK = Gokubo Leo (Benfica), Nozawa Taishi Brandon (FC Tokyo)
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