September 5, 2024 18:35 Japan will host China.
The Japanese team performed extremely well in the last round of the 36-team tournament, winning all six of their group games, scoring 24 goals and not conceding a single one. In this 18-team tournament, more than 20 of the players called up by the Japanese team are playing in major European leagues, and the value of the players is more than 20 times that of the Chinese team. Japan manager Morihiro Mori has selected almost all of his usual starters, with Junya Ito also returning. The expected starting lineup includes Parma goalkeeper Suzuki Choyan, fullbacks Yuta Nakayama, Hiroki Machida, Itakura Hwang and Sugawara Yusei, with Morita Hidemasa and Endo Hikari at the back, and midfielders Kaoru Mitaniello, Kubo Kengyo and Ito Junya, with Ezekiel Ueda at the top of the lineup.
The Chinese team won 2, drew 2 and lost 2 of their 6 matches in the 36-team tournament, scoring 9 goals and conceding 9, to qualify for the 18-team tournament. Before the departure of the national football team in Dalian training, clear the first good defense and then counterattack of the technical and tactical ideas, the head coach Ivankovic determined the main lineup, the goalkeeper is Wang Dalei, the combination of Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Guangtai, back Li Yuanyi partner Jiang Shenglong, strikers Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning.
Both sides will start their first group match of the 18-team tournament at Saitama Stadium. Japan's European internationals are having a great season, with Kaoru Sanfelt, Yusei Sugawara, Aoki Ogawa, and Daichi Kamata all playing well and scoring for the team. China's team is dominated by the Chinese Super League, with Wu Lei scoring efficiently in the 36-team tournament, and Jiang Guangtai tackling aggressively on the defensive end. Ivankovic led Oman to an away victory over Mori's Japan in the last 12 of the World Cup.
Looking at the current data and lineups, it's clear that there is more support for the home team, which also reflects the fact that China may have trouble resisting the Japanese onslaught.
