We present to your attention the preview of the match of the third round in group H.
June 28, 3rd round, group H, Volgograd, Arena Volgograd Referee Gianni Sikazwe (Zambia) The national team of Japan can continue to leave the group at the world championships every 8 years. After the debut World Cup 1998, at which the Asian team did not pass the first round, they went to the 1/8 finals at the home World Cup 2002 and in 2010. In 2006 and 2014 the band was not overcome, and now there was a great chance.
Draw in the match with the Poles, who have already departed, and will fight only for their own prestige, will lead Japan to the next stage. Moreover, under certain circumstances, the Japanese can go further even after the defeat, but in the camp of the team all intend to play to win. This was said and the head coach, and Captain Makoto Hasebe.
It looks like the forward Shinji Okazaki is ready to start in Poland against Poland, who started on the bench in the first two matches because of injury, received before the World Cup.
As for the national team of Poland, there can be substantial changes in our western neighbors. In the start, most likely, there will be Camille Glick, fully recovered from injury. Still remains without a goal in the championship Robert Lewandowski, who is unlikely to breathe peacefully the Japanese centrists.
Interesting Facts:.
- teams met twice at the turn of the century. Both times won Japan (5: 0 in Hong Kong and 2: 0 in Poland).
- Japan did not score in 4 of the last 5 matches against the European teams at the World Cup (2 draws, 2 losses). Only against Denmark in 2010 was a victory (3: 1).
- Haseb, Honda, Kawashima, Nagatomo and Okaaks can equal the legendary Hidetoshi Nakata in the number of matches at the World Championships among the Japanese (10).
- Poland misses in 10 matches in a row at the mundials. The last dry match was played back in 1986.
- Poles - the first European team to take off from the World Cup 2018.
Approximate compositions:.
Japan: Kawashima-Sakai, Yoshida, Shoi, Nagatomo-Khaseb, Shibasaki-Kharaguchi, Kagawa, Inui-Okazaki Poland: Fabiansky-Piszczek, Bednarek, Glick, Rybus-Kryhovyak, Zielinski-Blaschykowski, Milik, Grosicki-Lewandowski forecast 0: 2.