The Japanese team completed two consecutive victories in the classics in 2006 and 2009. The captain at that time was the now retired legend Ichiro Suzuki.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Zhang Benxun, a well-known Japanese football commentator, and Chairman of Softbank were guests on the TBS Sunday morning program "Sunday Morning" today, and expressed their views on the Japanese Samurai team in the classic match.

The Japanese team announced the 12-man roster for the first stage. The lineup is quite gorgeous. Major league players include Shohei Otani, Shuyu Tatsuyuki, and Makoto Suzuki, as well as Japanese professional players Yushin Yamamoto, Langki Sasaki, and Munetaka Murakami. It can be called the strongest samurai team in history.

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Zhang Benxun expressed his views on the classic game on the program today, expressing his expectations for the supervisor Hideki Kuriyama, pointing out that the 12 players are all excellent players, and the remaining 18 supervisors Kuriyama will also pick good candidates, and he has high confidence in the lineup .

Although Zhang Benxun expressed expectations for the Japanese team's lineup, he also mentioned concerns. In addition to the need to travel from Japan to the United States to advance to the top four, the long-distance travel may cause fatigue. He also pointed out that the Japanese team still lacks leaders. "It's not like 2009 Ichiro Suzuki can also be the leader of the team, but that's all I worry about, the other Kuriyama directors will definitely do a good job."

In fact, Supervisor Kuriyama also talked about the captain issue before. He said that he originally wanted to appoint a captain, but he felt that the players did not seem to have a captain. "This is a very mature team."

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