Japan's home match against Thailand on New Year's Day resulted in a familiar 5-0 win, their third consecutive international match with a 5-0 victory over their rivals, the longest winning streak in team history since June last year, scoring 39 goals, and after the match, manager Mori Bao'ichi announced the list of his squad for the Asian Cup.
Japan this game to send reserves on the line, the first half with Thailand and each other no record, but after 5 minutes after the change of sides by Tanaka Bea broke the net, and then a hair out of control, 74 minutes Takumi Nanno shot was blocked, Nakamura Keidou chicken into 2-0, 2 minutes after Thailand set up a goal, the third loss, 82 minutes Takumi Kawamura headbutt attacked the door to the fourth, kicked the extra time Takumi Nanno buried Sai enough to get to the end of the 5 eggs.
Japan has been winning 9 consecutive matches against their rivals, winning 5-0 against Myanmar and Syria in their last two World Cup matches, and this is their 3rd consecutive match against Thailand, handing out 5 eggs to their rivals.
After the match, Mori Hobaichi announced Japan's Asian Cup roster, and it's quite a surprise that Tanaka Hikari, Kamada Ochi, and Furuhashi Henwu were left out, while Kaoru Mitani, who is recuperating from an injury, got a place in the roster, and the list is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Maekawa Daiya, Suzuki Saito, Nozawa Daishi
Defenders: Akigo Taniguchi, Hwang Itakura, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Yuta Nakayama, Hiroki Machida, Sunga Mainkuma, Kenyo Tomiyasu, Yohki Ito, Yusei Sugawara
Midfielders: Endo, Junya Ito, Takuma Asano, Takumi Minami, Hidemasa Morita, Shinobu Mitani, Daizo Maeda, Reio Hatate, Yasunori Do.
