Japan - Chile Prediction, Picks and Tips
For this friendly to be played in Japan, Reinaldo Ruedo, a coach from Chile, has dispensed with his main attackers - Alexis Sanchez and Eduardo Vargas - to make way for players with less hierarchy. For now, the weight of the team will fall on the experienced Medel, Isla, Vidal and Aranguiz. With the Colombian strategist this South American team was a tough obstacle for the World Cup rivals that he faced in the first part of the year (he only lost to Romania).
For Japan this will be his first post-World Cup match and a new coach after the departure of Akira Nishino who led the team to the eighth of the 2018 World Cup. The Asians scratched a historic quarter-final classification but were eliminated by Belgium despite winning 0-2. However he attends this friendly without his main figures of European football. The only name that stands out from its call is that of the attacker Takuma Asano (Hannover).
Nagatomo, Yoshida, Sakai, Hasebe, Honda, Kagawa, Okazaki and Osako are the absences in the Japanese call. Chile did not lose in their friendlies against World Cup teams this year: they beat Sweden and Serbia; tied with Denmark and Poland. Japan defeated the last two South American teams that faced: Colombia (2-1) and Paraguay (4-2). Arturo Vidal, brand new signing of Barcelona, is the player with the most goals in the Chilean squad (24 goals in 100 matches).
Our recommendation tip for Japan - Chile : Chile to win @ 2.15