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.

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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Courts Soccer World Cup 2010 Place: Europe Place: Japan Place: France Place: South Africa Place: Austria Place: Grenoble, France Place: Catania, Italy Person: Okada Person: Takeshi Okada Person: Makoto Hasebe Person: Keisuke Honda Person: Daisuke Matsui Person: Takayuki Morimoto Person: Shunsuke Nakamura Person: Yasuhito Endo Person: Nakamura Person: Motoaki Inukai Person: Seigo Narazaki Person: Eiji Kawashima Person: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Person: Yuji Nakazawa Person: Marcus Tulio Tanaka Person: Yuichi Komano Person: Daiki Iwamasa Person: Yasuyuki Konno Person: Yuto Nagatomo Person: Atsuto Uchida Person: Kengo Nakamura Person: Junichi Inamoto Person: Yuki Abe Person: Shinji Okazaki Person: Keiji Tamada Person: Yasuhito Okubo Person: Kisho Yano Event: World Cup Event: East Asian Championship Organisation: Cameroon Organisation: Ivory Coast Organisation: Celtic Organisation: England Organisation: Japan Football Association Organisation: South Korea Organisation: Serbia Organisation: Blue Samurai Organisation: Japan World Cup Organisation: Nagoya Grampus Organisation: Kawasaki Frontale Organisation: Jubilo Iwata Organisation: Yokohama Marinos Organisation: Kashima Antlers Organisation: FC Tokyo Organisation: Gamba Osaka Organisation: Urawa Red Diamonds Organisation: CSKA Moscow Organisation: Shimizu S-Pulse Organisation: Vissel Kobe Organisation: Albirex Niigata

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