Tonight Japan go into a Kirin Challenge Cup game against Venezuela at Sapporo Dome without the suspended Atsuto Uchida, Yasuyuki Konno and Yuzo Kurihara so who will join Maya Yoshida in defence? Zac chose plenty of defenders in his squad, so it will be an experimental match for sure. Mizumoto a long-awaited comeback? Iwamasa a fallback option to be discarded again for the next game? Here’s the squad, make your own mind up …. let me know!

Goalkeepers:
S. Gonda
E. Kawashima
S. Nishikawa

Defenders:
M. Inoha
G. Sakai
D. Iwamasa
M. Yoshida
T. Makino
H. Mizumoto
Y. Nagatomo
Y. Komano

Midfielders:
H. Hosogai
K. Honda
M. Hasebe
Y. Endo
K. Nakamura
H. Takahashi
S. Kagawa

Forwards:
R. Maeda
J. Fujimoto
S. Okazaki
M. Havenaar
R. Miyaichi