Football: Moriyasu expects results from new-look Japan World Cup squad

Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu's World Cup selections on Tuesday underlined that playing for teams leading top European leagues, or in the Champions League, no longer guarantees a spot in the national squad.Moriyasu gave maiden World Cup call-ups to 19 players, including 10 who he managed at the Tokyo Olympics, pinning his hopes on the fresh-looking side to rise to the biggest of occasions in Qatar."I'm confident I've selected the best players," said Moriyasu, whose team is bidding to make the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time.Playmakers Takefusa Kubo and Ritsu Doan, along wi…READ FULL ARTICLE