The Hut Warms Up: 45 minutes of quality

From this moment, Takefusa Kubo entered a new dimension as a professional footballer. Having resolved the dress rehearsal without remorse, the following minutes of the Real footballer will only mean his debut in a World Cup. Only 26 players in 113 years have had the same feeling while defending the colors blue and white.

As he warned from Qatar a few hours before, Kubo is in full physical power to put himself under the orders of his coach Hajime Moriyasu. Before focusing on his country, he played almost the entire game for Real against Sevilla. On the eve of the World Cup, it’s time to continue warming up the engines.

Kubo started in the friendly that Japan lost against Canada (1-2), in the last minute of the discount and from a penalty, an always painful ending. The Real player played 45 minutes of the first half and at half-time he stayed in the locker room.

in another position

Kubo made a good impression in the friendly held in Dubai. He was seen active, intense, as Real fans have been accustomed to following him since this season. The unique nuance is that the Japanese acted in a different position compared to the one reserved for him by Imanol Alguacil.

The samurai team selector decided to line up Kubo on the left side of a line of three midfielders, based on a 4-2-3-1 system. Therefore, the txuri urdin played focused on his natural side, but he moved with ease, not just open to the band. His style. While he was on the pitch, Japan took the lead through Soma’s goal from Shibasaki’s pass and Canada equalized through Vitoria. Kubo forced a yellow card from his marker, Canadian right-back Johnston. From now on, the exercises allow an event like no other. Kubo will make his debut against Germany next Wednesday.