The time is edging ever-closer to the Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Shanghai Shenhua AFC Champions League Elite match which is scheduled to kick off very soon, and the players have just been announced.
Here is the starting XI for Sanfrecce Hiroshima which is confirmed as follows:
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Keisuke Ōsako #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kagoshima, Japan
Sho Sasaki #19
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Zama, Japan
Hayato Araki #4
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kadoma, Japan
Tsukasa Shiotani #33
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Komatsushima, Japan
Naoto Arai #13
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Tolgay Arslan #30
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Paderborn, Germany
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
Sōta Nakamura #39
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Takasaki, Japan
Daiki Suga #18
Forward
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Ryo Germain #9
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
The starting line-up for Shanghai Shenhua has also been confirmed as follows:
Shanghai Shenhua
Manafá, W
Amadou, I
Wu Xi
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 36
Nationality: China
Place of birth: Shijiazhuang, China
Teixeira, J
Luís, A
Mineiro, S
Gao, T
Chan, S
Zhu, C
Jiang, S
Bao, Y
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