LONDON - Sporting CP midfielder Hidemasa Morita will keep striving for a place in Japan's World Cup squad after the Portuguese club missed out on a maiden Champions League semifinal berth following Wednesday's 1-0 aggregate loss to Arsenal in the last eight.
Rui Borges' men were aiming to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the opening leg of the quarterfinal but could not convert from a handful of chances in a scoreless stalemate against the English Premier League leaders at London's Emirates Stadium.
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