Celtic stars Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda have earned worldwide reward as they put together to face Brazil.
The pair didn’t characteristic in Japan’s beginning XI who confronted Paraguay, however each did handle to see some match motion coming on from the bench throughout their nation’s victory.
And now the might properly have earned their spot with Brazil Japan’s subsequent opponents.
The pair look prone to begin with head coach Hajime Moriyasu giving particular point out to the Celtic stars within the construct up on his side’s subsequent encounter.
The Japanese boss stated: “Brazil have many wonderful players, but so do we.
“We have players in great shape like Furuhashi who has now scored 20 goals for the season with Celtic and Maeda too.
“They are two very quick players and we know that opponents dislike that. I want to make use of their speed as a Japanese weapon.”
What’s extra, the conflict may give the pair the chance to weigh up a number of faces they may come throughout within the Parkhead side’s Champions League journey.
Alex Sandro of Juventus, Marquinhos of Paris Saint-Germain, Thiago Silva of Chelsea and Dani Alves of Barcelona all began for Brazil final trip as they thrashed South Korea 5-1.
All 4 gamers will likely be within the Champions League draw alongside Ange Postecoglou ‘s males on August 25 and are potential opponents from each Pot 1 and Pot 2.