Little by little we are approaching the final stretch of these Olympic Games. We are in the quarter-finals of the competition where the Spanish will face the Japanese with the aim of securing a place in the semi-finals of the tournament.
The match will be played today, August 2, at 17:00 between Spain and Japan. Below we will show you the possible lineups of both teams for these quarter-finals.
The Japanese team is coming off a great performance in the group stage of the Olympic Games, unbeaten so far after beating Paraguay 5-0 and narrowly winning against Mali and Israel.
Now, the Japanese have a real test, and they have to try to get past Santi Denia’s Spain, which is one of the favourites to win a medal in the competition.
This is what Japan’s lineup will look like (4-2-3-1)
Goalie: Leo Kokubo
Defenses: Uchino, Kimura, Suzuki, Nishio
Midfielders: Kein Sato, Kawasaki, Araki, Yamamoto, Yamada
Forward: Fuji
On the other hand, the Spanish team will go with all its arsenal to win this match and secure a place in the semi-finals of the championship, especially after the setback suffered in the last day of the group stage where they were defeated by Egypt.
This is what Spain’s lineup will look like (4-3-3)
Goalie: Arnau Tenas
Defenses: Juanlu, Eric García, Pau Cubarsí, Miranda
Midfielders: Pablo Barrios, Fermin, Alex Baena
Forwards: Aimar Oroz, Sergio Gomez and Abel Ruiz
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