Two nations harbouring existent hopes of going heavy astatine this summer's finals, the Netherlands and Japan will conscionable successful Dallas for their World Cup 2026 opener connected Sunday.
While Oranje stumbled done UEFA qualifying, Samurai Blue stormed done the AFC process and person a 100% grounds successful 2026.
Ahead of their Group F showdown, Sports Mole rounds up the latest squad quality for some sides.
NETHERLANDS vs. JAPAN
NETHERLANDS
Out: None
Doubtful: Bart Verbruggen (hip)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, Van Hecke, Van Dijk, Van de Ven; De Jong, Gravenberch; Summerville, Reijnders, Gakpo; Depay
JAPAN
Out: None
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Suzuki; Taniguchi, Watanabe, H. Ito; Doan, Kamada, Tanaka, Nakamura; J. Ito, Kubo; Ueda
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