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World Cup: Bundesliga trio start for Japan against the Netherlands
World Cup: Bundesliga trio start for Japan against the NetherlandsJapan and the Netherlands will kick off their World Cup campaign in Texas on Sunday night. There are seven Bundesliga-based players in Hajime Moriyasus squad, with FC Bayerns Hiroki It, Eintracht Frankfurt's Ritsu Dan and Mainzs Kaish Sano making the starting lineup.From the starting XI of the Samurai Blue, Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) also had previous Bundesliga experience. With Wataru Endo's international retirement and former Borussia Mnchengladbach defender K Itakura on the bench, Dan will captain Japan.Meanwhile, Leverkusens Mark Flekken is the substitute goalkeeper for the Netherlands. From the eight players with previous Bundesliga experiences, Micky van de Ven (Wolfsburg), Ryan Gravenberch (FC Bayern) and Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) are in Ronald Koemans XI.Confirmed Netherlands vs. Japan LineupsNetherlands: Verbruggen; Dumfries, van Hecke, van Dijk , van de Ven; Gravenberch, de Jong, Reijnders; Summerville, Malen, GakpoJapan: Suzuki; Taniguchi, Watanabe, It; Dan , Sano, Kamada, Nakamura; Maeda, Kubo; Ueda
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