TOKYO, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — Forward Shuto Machino, who plays with Japanese first division side Shonan Bellmare, has replaced injured Huddersfield Town defender Yuta Nakayama to join Japan’s World Cup squad, the Japan Football Association announced on Tuesday.
Machino won his first cap in the East Asian Football Federation E-1 Championship last July, and the 23-year-old was one of J-League’s best strikers this seas