Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4436931-20190122231307/@comment-31337598-20190201155401

Japan lost many of its main members after the WC, the team now is reforming so reaching AFC Asian Cup in this state was quite good IMO.

Kawashima (GK)

Sakai (DF)

Captain Hasebe, Honda and Kagawa (MF)

Okazaki (FW)

Plus the current superstar Inui was strangely benched until the 89th minute.