Japan boss Moriyasu to leave job early after Asian Cup shift
- Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu will step down next week, the Japan Football Association said Friday, cutting short his tenure following the 2027 Asian Cup's postponement.
- The Asian Football Confederation announced the tournament will be pushed to December 2027 due to "exceptional circumstances" in the region, following Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia.
- Japan Football Association president Tsuneyasu Miyamoto confirmed that friendlies in Singapore against Brazil on Saturday and Paraguay on Tuesday will be Moriyasu's final matches in charge.
- Miyamoto cancelled a scheduled December 30 friendly in Osaka, stating, "We had regarded this game as an important opportunity" to strengthen the team.
- The 58-year-old Moriyasu took over after the 2018 World Cup, leading Japan to the last 16 in Qatar in 2022 and the last 32 in North America this year.
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PentapostagmaWith the 58-year-old on the bench, the "samurai" reached the last 16 of the Qatar World Cup and the last 32 of the USA World Cup.
Japan boss Moriyasu to leave job early after Asian Cup shift
Moriyasu, Japan's longest-serving coach, was originally set to lead the team at the Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia in January before handing the reins to current Under-23 boss Go Oiwa. But the Asian Football Confederation announced last week that the tournament would be pushed back to December 2027 due to "exceptional circumstances" in the region, following Houthi attacks on the host country. That left Moriyasu in limbo, with Japan Football Associati…
The Japanese breeder will be leaving next week, after the Asian Cup is postponed to December 2027.
Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu will step down as soon as next week after the Asian Cup tournament was postponed until the end of 2027, the country's federation announced.
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