We are building up to the Vissel Kobe vs Shandong Luneng AFC Champions League Elite game which is scheduled to kick off very soon, and the teams have just been announced.
Here is the starting eleven for Vissel Kobe which is confirmed as follows:
Vissel Kobe
Daiya Maekawa #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Gōtoku Sakai #24
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: New York City, USA
Tetsushi Yamakawa #4
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Matheus Soares Thuler #3
Also known as Thuler
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Yuki Honda #15
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Ichinomiya, Japan
Takahiro Ohgihara #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Yōsuke Ideguchi #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Fukuoka, Japan
Daiju Sasaki #22
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Koya Yuruki #14
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Taisei Miyashiro #9
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yuya Osako #10
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kaseda, Japan
The team sheet line-up for Shandong Luneng has also been confirmed as:
Shandong Luneng
Dalei, W
Zheng
Zhunyi, G
Xinli, P
Yuanyi, L
Liao Lisheng #2
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 31
Nationality: China
Place of birth: Jieyang, China
Qazaishvili, V
Crysan
Pu, C
Liu, Y
Shi, K
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