Since their Women's World Cup debut four years ago, Yui Hasegawa and Moeka Minami have developed into the spine of a Nadeshiko Japan side who will try to end an eight-year absence from a major final at this summer's tournament in Australia and New Zealand.A naturally versatile attacker, Hasegawa has been deployed as a deep-lying midfielder this year by manager Futoshi Ikeda. A goal and assist in a 2-1 friendly win away to Portugal on April 7 hinted that the move is beginning to pay dividends, three months out from the World Cup.Hasegawa headed into the 2019 World Cup in France carrying an i…READ FULL ARTICLE
