We are building up to the Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Shanghai Port AFC Champions League Elite match which is scheduled to start shortly, and the teams have now been announced.
First off, the starting XI for Sanfrecce Hiroshima which is confirmed as follows:
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Keisuke Osako #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kagoshima, Japan
Shunki Higashi #24
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Tsukasa Shiotani #33
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Komatsushima, Japan
Hayato Araki #4
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kadoma, Japan
Shuto Nakano #15
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Ju-sung Kim
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Cheongju, Korea Republic
Satoshi Tanaka #14
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagano, Japan
Hayao Kawabe #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hiroshima, Japan
Marcos Júnio Lima dos Santos #10
Also known as Júnior
Midfielder
Height: 1.67m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Gama, Brazil
Naoki Maeda #41
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Kosuke Kinoshita
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
The starting line-up for Shanghai Port has also been confirmed as:
Shanghai Port
Shenchao, W
Jojo, A
Jussa, M
Melendo, Ó
Vital, M
Gustavo
Fu, H
Umidjan, Y
Wei, Z
Jiwen, K
Chen, W
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