Japan-Turkmenistan: before the Asian Cup 2019 match

January 15, 2019 | 10:25 |434

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Georgiy ASLANYAN

On January 9, the Turkmen team will again play at the Asian championship 15 years later. Japanese broadcaster NHK BS-1 will broadcast the match live. Fans of the national teams of Turkmenistan and Japan will cling to the screens of gadgets with faith in their teams and a favorable result. And another 12 thousand lucky people will watch the meeting in the stands of the stadium "Al-Nahyan", located in Abu Dhabi.

Both teams came to the championship in good shape. Turkmenistan held before the tournament 4 test matches. At the first training camp they won Turkish "Alanyaspor" with the score 4:0, and Iranian "Traktor CAZI" 4:1 were large beaten. At the second training camp there were two meetings with the Afghan national team, which recorded a victory and a draw, 2:0 and 2:2, respectively.

Japan before the trip to the Emirates did not hold a single test game. We do not have the official report-version of the Japanese Football Federation, but the experience of previous years, we can assume that the coaching staff decided not to risk the health of their players and planned one game just before the start of Asian. Already in the UAE, the opponent of Turkmenistan played with the local club "Al Wahda", which ended with a confident victory of "blue samurai" 3:0.

Ruslan Mingazov (FC Příbram, Czech Republic), midfielder of the national team of Turkmenistan: - The atmosphere in the team is combat, we are preparing for the upcoming games with optimism. We will do everything in our power to adequately perform at the Asian Cup, thank you very much to all the fans for the support.

Yuto Nagatomo (FC Galatasaray, Turkey), Japan defender: - The team has maintained a good atmosphere since the World Cup. Before the match, we must all come together and be united. Despite the fact that we have analyzed our opponents, we should focus on our own tasks.

5 facts about teams:

Turkmenistan takes the 9th place according to the Asian rating, Japan – the second.
This is the first game in the history of Japan and Turkmenistan, teams have no met before.
In the team of Yazkuli Hodzhageldyev 4 player are not from the championship of Turkmenistan: Amanov plays in "Bukhara", Mingazov – "Příbram", Tamarkin – "Alga Bishkek" and Ataev – "Persela". Japan has 14 legionaries representing the Championships of England, Spain, Germany, France, Portugal, Turkey, Holland, Austria, Belgium and the UAE.
Turkmenistan participated in the Asian Cup once, in its asset 1 draw and 2 defeats. Japan is the most titled team of the Asian continent, it participated 7 times in the Asian Cups and won them four times. And three times played out in the 1/8 World Cup.
Football experts believe that Japan is the undisputed leader of this pair. Chances of the national team of Turkmenistan are estimated as 1 to 20.