GW482 - Myanmar vs Japan Preview - DRAFT (Patreon)

Hope all is well!
A quick msg about this GWs international involving Japan trip to play Myanmar on Thursday.

At the moment we only have basic info available. Players were training in Japan today:

Everybody from the squad was involved in todays training except Nagatomo who had muscle issues.

Manager has said he will play strong but that felt like a generic comment tbh.

Japan will be huge favorites for this game and already beat Myanmar at home 5-0.

Below is my initial predicted X11 which is mainly based on the strongest X11 from this squad and historic trends from this manager. Almost everything ive read so far is suggesting Osako will be keeper for the first game.

Im hoping we get some more intel tomorrow and will post something before the deadline.

With these type of "easy" qualifiers it can be hard to predict with confidence who will start. I have found that subs can do very well esp attacking players who can cause mayhem when brought on as subs against tiring/poor defenses.