With Japan on track for their fastest World Cup qualification following a largely successful 2024, manager Hajime Moriyasu views this year as a time to evolve his team before the finals in Canada, Mexico and the United States in 18 months.Moriyasu's men currently sit pretty on top of Group C in the final Asian qualifying round, leading their closest rivals Australia by nine points after five wins and a draw.The 56-year-old manager is firmly focused on winning Japan's next qualifier, at home to Bahrain on March 20, which would secure an eighth straight World Cup berth with three matches to s…READ FULL ARTICLE
