Japanese national soccer team coach Moriyasu Hajime reacted to the controversy over the selection of a number of star players playing in Europe for the second consecutive Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-Central American World Cup against Myanmar and Syria. Moriyasu stressed that the second Asian qualifying round is not an easy stage.

The Japan Football Association (JFA) held a press conference in Tokyo on the 8th and announced 26 national teams to play against Myanmar, which will be held at the Suita Football Stadium in Osaka on the 16th, and Syria, which will kick off at the Jeddah Prince Abdullah bin Faisal Stadium in Saudi Arabia on the 21st. Japan will compete with North Korea, Syria, and Myanmar in the second Asian qualifying round for the North and Central U.S. World Cup, and the two consecutive A-match series in November can be meaningful in that it is the starting point for the World Cup finals.

However, criticism has been raised in Japan that it may have formed too much power against an opponent that has an advantage in terms of objective power. This is because Moriyasu called several players, including Kubo Takehiro, Mitoma Kaoru, and Minamino Takumi, who are currently active in Europe, as well as Daichi Kamada, who was not called to the A match last October due to injuries.

But Moriyasu has a different view. According to Japanese media Daily Sports, Moriyasu said, "The difficult fight finally begins," adding, "The second Asian qualifying round is not a very sweet stage." At the time of the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup, Japan broke through the second Asian qualifying round with a victory, and also won the second match against Myanmar. Still, Moriyasu is not complacent. "We won big at home, but we only scored two goals on the road," Moriyasu said. If you look at the contents, they are playing a close game. In the last World Cup, he said, "It was Sung ᅟ, but it's not that simple."

Jürgen Klinsmann, who is leading the Korean national soccer team, also worked hard at full capacity just like Moriyasu. South Korea will face Singapore at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 16th, and an away match against China on the 21st. Coach Klinsmann called in a number of active players in Europe, including Son Heung-min, Kim Min-jae, and Lee Kang-in for these two games. Coach Klinsmann also visited Malaysia and Singapore to study there because Southeast Asian soccer was unfamiliar. It is a preparatory posture that reminds me of the saying that lions do their best even when catching rabbits.

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