"I RANKED THIRD IN THE FIFA RANKINGS, BUT I'M BEING REPLACED?" ·JAPAN IS ALSO 'ALARMED' BY THE REPLACEMENT OF COACH SHIN TAE-YONG

In the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup, Japan, which is ranked first in Group C with Indonesia, expressed surprise at the news of Shin Tae-yong's replacement. "It is hard to understand why we dismissed Shin, who is ranked third by leading the lowest team in the FIFA rankings in Group C," he said, introducing the angr