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Tuesday, 1 June 2004
Football Association Summer Tournament, match two

England 1 Japan 1 [1-0]

Match Summary
England Squad
Japan Squad
Team Records
   
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The Samurai Blue Squad for the matches against Iceland and England  May/June 2004
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G
Chano, Takayuki 23 November 1976 27 D JEF United Ichihara 2 0
Doi, Yoichi 25 July 1973 30 G FC Tokyo 1 0
Endo, Yasuhito 28 January 1980 24 M Gamba Osaka 18 2
Fujita, Toshiya 4 October 1971 32 M Jubilo Urawa 19 3
Fukunishi, Takashi  1 September 1976 27 M Jubilo Urawa 25 0
Inamoto, Junichi  18 September 1979 24 M Fulham FC, England 49 4
Kaji, Akira  13 January 1980 24 D FC Tokyo 6 0
Kawaguchi, Yoshikatsu  15 August 1975 28 G FC Nordsjælland, Denmark 55 0
Kubo, Tatsuhiko  18 June 1976 27 F Yokohama Marinos 23 7
Miura, Atsuhiro  24 July 1974 29 D Tokyo Verdy 1969 20 1
Miyamoto, Tsuneyasu  7 February 1977 27 D Gamba Osaka 30 1
Motoyama, Masashi  20 June 1979 24 F Kashima Antlers 11 0
Nakamura, Shunsuke  24 June 1978 25 M Reggina Calcio, Italy 35 9
Nakazawa, Yuji  25 February 1978 26 D

Yokohama Marinos

16 2
Narazaki, Seigo  15 April 1976 28 G Nagoya Grampus Eight 43 0
Nishi, Norihiro  9 May 1980 24 M Jubilo Urawa 2 0
Norihiro Nishi withdraws from the squad because of a knee injury on 28 May.
Ogasawara, Mitsuo  5 April 1979 25 M Kashima Antlers 20 1
Ono, Shinji  27 September 1979 24 M Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands 40 3
Santos, Alessandro  20 July 1977 26 D Urawa Reds 31 4
Suzuki, Takayuki  5 June 1976 27 F Koninklijke Heusden-Zolder SK, Belgium 30 4
Takahara, Naohiro  4 June 1979 23 F Hamburger SV, Germany 29 12
Naohiro Takahara withdraws from the squad because of a lung infection on 28 May.
Tamada, Keiji  11 April 1980 24 F Kashiwa Reysol 4 1
Tanaka, Makoto  8 August 1975 28 D Jubilo Iwata 2 0
Tsuboi, Keisuke  16 September 1979 24 D Urawa Reds 18 0
Yanagisawa, Atsushi  27 May 1977 26 F UC Sampdoria, Italy 41 12

Squad details correct up to and including Japan's match against Iceland on 30 May 2004.

Diary

Thursday, 20 May 2004 - Japan coach Zico named a 25-player squad for the friendly tournament against Iceland and England.  His one surprise was the exclusion of Hidetoshi Nakata, who was nursing a sore groin. 

Friday, 21 May 2004 - Naohiro Takahara is a major doubt after complaining of chest pains and is rushed to a Manchester hospital to undergo tests.  Norihiro Nishi has withdrawn because of a knee injury.  Shunsuke Nakamura, Toshiya Fujita and Tatsuhiko Fujita are all struggling with minor injuries.

Sunday, 30 May 2004 - Japan take on Iceland in the opening game of the FA Summer Tournament.  Japan win the game 3-2 with two goals from Tatsuhiko Kubo and an Alessandro Santos winning penalty.

Monday, 31 May 2004 - It has been confirmed by Doctors and Officials that Naohiro Takahara has a lung infection.  A relapse of a disorder that kept him out of the 2002 World Cup finals.

Japan Form: last six games
W W W L W W   f 11:a 6  success: 83%
487 12 February 2004 - Japan 2 Iraq 0 [0-0]
National Stadium, Tokyo
Yanagisawa, Alex Fr HW
488 18 February 2004 - Japan 1 Oman 0 [0-0]
Saitama Sutajiamu Niimarumarunii, Saitama-shi
Kubo WCP HW
489 31 March 2004 - Singapore 1 Japan 2 [0-1]
Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Bin Daud
Takahara, Fujita
AW
490 25 April 2004 - Hungary 3 Japan 2 [1-0]
Stadion ZTE, Zalaegerszeg
Kuttor, Juhasz, Huszti (pen)
Tamada, Kubo
Fr AL
491 28 April 2004 - Czech Republic 0 Japan 1 [0-1]
Toyota Arena, Praha
Kubo AW
492 30 May 2004 - Japan 3 Iceland 2 [2-1]
City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Kubo (2), Alex (pen)
Helguson (2)
TC NW
Gunnarsson

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