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South Africa set as Japan U-23s’ opponents on Wednesday 29 June, other match details released
26 April 2016
The U-23 South Africa National Team have been determined as the opponents of the U-23 Japan National Team at the international friendly match to be held on Wednesday 29 June at “Alwin” stadium at Matsumoto-daira in Nagano.
In addition, it was decided that Kirin Company, Limited and Kirin Beverage Company, Limited would support the match as the special sponsors, as the match was named “KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2016”. The kick-off schedule and TV coverage details were also announced.
KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2016 Overview
Date
Wed. 29 June 2016, Kick Off at 19:30 (estimated time)
Fixture
U23 Japan National Team vs U-23 South Africa National Team
Venue
Alwin stadium / Nagano
Host Organisation
Japan Football Association (JFA)
Supervisor
Nagano Football Association
Special Sponsor
Kirin Co., Ltd., Kirin Beverage Co., Limited.
Japan National football team's official partner
Kirin Co., Ltd., Kirin Beverage Co., Limited.
Japan National football team's official supplier
adidas Japan K.K
TV Broadcasting
Live broadcasting across Japan by TBS Network
Coach Comment
TEGURAMORI Makoto, Coach
I am looking forward very much to playing against South Africa, one of the countries playing in the Olympics, at the last match we play in Japan before taking off to the Rio de Janeiro. We want to show in this match that we are capable of doing something notable in the Olympics. We have to have variety of weapons in our arsenal for the Olympics, and South Africa are a country that we get to show one of the variations against. We want to show people how we will play and what kind of style we will take to play against the world. South Africa are based on sophisticated physicality, very skilled and recently very tactical in my opinion. Since we don’t have many opportunities to play against African countries, it will be a very valuable opportunity for our development.
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