Daizen Maeda followed up his Old Firm goal by netting for Japan as they thrashed China 7-0 in World Cup qualifying. The Celtic forward came off the bench on the hour in Saitama and scored the ...

That goal at Ibrox after 15 seconds burst their bubble, six words in but they new got as far as ‘surrender’ and Daizen had scored the kind of goal no-one in world football would have managed.

Daizen Maeda wants ... comfortable to live.” Maeda has been capped 12 times for Japan, scoring three goals, the most recent coming last month in a 4-1 Kirin Cup win over Peru.

Ritsu Doan and Takefusa Kubo will not be on Japan’s squad for this month’s World Cup qualifiers against ... Kaoru Mitoma as well as strikers Daizen Maeda and Ayase Ueda in a squad that ...