For the second FIFA World Cup, the Chilean National Team will be absent for not being able to obtain the necessary points in the South American Qualifiers. The pain still harbors the southerners, but they must look to the future and the dispute over a trophy on Asian soil has already been confirmed for the FIFA date in June.
This Thursday the Japan Football Association announced on its social networks that the Kirin Cup will be played on Japanese soil next June.
“The Kirin Cup, which has not been held since 2016, will be played in a tournament format in four countries. The Japanese team will face Ghana in the first match on June 10, and Chile and Tunisia will meet in another game. As a result, the winners will meet in the final and the losers will meet in the 3rd place tiebreaker on the day 10,” says the statement from Japan.
Those led by Martín Lasarte will face two classified teams on Qatar World Cup 2022. They will first play against Tunisia on Friday 10 in June at Noveir Stadium in Kobe and in If they win, they will compete against the winner of the duel between Japan and Ghana on June 14 , at the Panasonic Stadium in Osaka.
In case of losing, he will play for third place against the loser of the duel between Japanese and Ghanaian himself 10 of June.
The coach of the Japanese national team, Hajime Moriyasu, said in a press conference that he is satisfied with the level of these rivals: “You can seriously compete with the strongest players in the world in Chile, Ghana and Tunisia in the Kirin Cup. I want to make good preparations.”
The Kirin Cup was played for the first time in 1992 with the invitation to Argentina (Champion) and Welsh. It has been disputed a total of 20 times and since 1992 to 2009 was played every year, then in 2011 and 2011 for the last time.
Chile already knew what it is like to play this Japanese cup in 2009 together with Japan and Belgium.
In the South American Qualifiers, the Chileans finished in seventh position with 19 points, five points from Peru that will play the playoff. They won five games, drew four and lost nine.
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