Japan national team FW Kyogo Furuhashi (27), who belongs to Celtic, was aiming to participate in the FIFA World Cup Qatar tournament, but did not have the opportunity to participate in the Kirin Challenge Cup against the United States on the 23rd. Japanese football fans have been calling for Kyogo Furuhashi to play, but Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou may be positive about not playing the player. On the 26th, the British media “Football Insider” reports.
Kyogo Furuhashi has almost no chance to start in the Qatar World Cup Asian Final Qualifiers, and since January this year he has been out of the call-up due to a hamstring injury. In the Kirin Challenge Cup and Kirin Cup Soccer 2022 in June this year, he started only one out of four games, and started on the bench in the match against the United States on the 23rd of this month.
In addition, in the two Kirin Challenge Cup games held in Germany this month, FW Yuya Osako (32) belonging to Vissel Kobe and FW Takuma Asano (27) belonging to VfL Bochum, who started in the top 1 of the front line in the final qualifying, were not called up. Director Hajime Moriyasu picked forward Daizen Maeda (24) in the starting line-up against the United States, but Celtic has been taken with surprise in the UK as he is mainly appointed on the wing.
Meanwhile, Celtic OB Frank McAveny (62) mentioned how to use Kyogo Furuhashi in the national team. In an interview with “Football Insider”, when asked, “Is Manager Postecoglou happy that Kyogo Furuhashi won’t play against the United States?” he replied, “Yes, I think so.”
“Kyogo Furuhashi needs to play more matches at Celtic.
“Postecoglou will be happy[not having a turn against the USA]but the game against Japan is going to be a hell of a journey. I would be happy,” he commented. He had a negative view of the international call-up and said he believed the lack of an appearance against the United States would be a positive for Celtic.
However, Japan national team coach Hajime Moriyasu has made it clear that the starting line-up for the match against Ecuador on the 27th will be changed from the match against the United States. Kyogo Furuhashi is also expected to appear in the starting line-up, so I am concerned about the reaction of the British media.