Okada includes Europe-based quartet in Japan squad

Under-pressure Japan coach Takeshi Okada took few risks in naming his country’s 23-man World Cup squad.

Okada includes Europe-based quartet in Japan squad
Tue, 01 Jun, 2010 - 11:58

Under-pressure Japan coach Takeshi Okada took few risks in naming his country’s 23-man World Cup squad.

Europe-based quartet Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda, Daisuke Matsui and Takayuki Morimoto have all been included alongside Shunsuke Nakamura and 2009 Asian player of the year Yasuhito Endo ahead of Japan’s Group E opener against Cameroon on June 14.

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CourtsSoccerWorld Cup 2010Place: EuropePlace: JapanPlace: FrancePlace: South AfricaPlace: AustriaPlace: Grenoble, FrancePlace: Catania, ItalyPerson: OkadaPerson: Takeshi OkadaPerson: Makoto HasebePerson: Keisuke HondaPerson: Daisuke MatsuiPerson: Takayuki MorimotoPerson: Shunsuke NakamuraPerson: Yasuhito EndoPerson: NakamuraPerson: Motoaki InukaiPerson: Seigo NarazakiPerson: Eiji KawashimaPerson: Yoshikatsu KawaguchiPerson: Yuji NakazawaPerson: Marcus Tulio TanakaPerson: Yuichi KomanoPerson: Daiki IwamasaPerson: Yasuyuki KonnoPerson: Yuto NagatomoPerson: Atsuto UchidaPerson: Kengo NakamuraPerson: Junichi InamotoPerson: Yuki AbePerson: Shinji OkazakiPerson: Keiji TamadaPerson: Yasuhito OkuboPerson: Kisho YanoEvent: World CupEvent: East Asian ChampionshipOrganisation: CameroonOrganisation: Ivory CoastOrganisation: CelticOrganisation: EnglandOrganisation: Japan Football AssociationOrganisation: South KoreaOrganisation: SerbiaOrganisation: Blue SamuraiOrganisation: Japan World CupOrganisation: Nagoya GrampusOrganisation: Kawasaki FrontaleOrganisation: Jubilo IwataOrganisation: Yokohama MarinosOrganisation: Kashima AntlersOrganisation: FC TokyoOrganisation: Gamba OsakaOrganisation: Urawa Red DiamondsOrganisation: CSKA MoscowOrganisation: Shimizu S-PulseOrganisation: Vissel KobeOrganisation: Albirex Niigata
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