The time is edging ever-closer to the Vissel Kobe vs Shanghai Port AFC Champions League Elite match which is scheduled to kick off very soon, and the players have now been announced.
Here is the starting eleven for Vissel Kobe which has been 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: 25
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Yuki Honda #15
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 34
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
Yuya Kuwasaki #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagasaki, 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
Yoshinori Muto #11
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Setagaya, Japan
Yuya Osako #10
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kaseda, Japan
The starting line-up for Shanghai Port has also been confirmed as:
Shanghai Port
Junling, Y
Zhang Linpeng #5
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 35
Nationality: China
Place of birth: Jinan, China
Jussa, M
Mateus Da Silva Vital
Also known as Mateus Vital
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gabrielzinho, G
Gustavo
Feng, J
Ming, T
Li, A
Li, S
Xu, X
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