Sunday, June 9 in Yokohama (7:30 am ET) Group H; JAPAN (0-1-0, 1 pt.) vs. RUSSIA (1-0-0, 3 pts.) (TV: Live, ESPN, Univision 7:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 3 pm ET/PT) The pressure will be all on the Japanese to get a win despite the support of a packed house at Yokohama International Stadium. Japan coach Philippe Troussier must hope star Hidetoshi Nakata (twisted ankle) and captain Ryuzo Morioka (bruised left ankle) are fit. The Russians hope to have midfielder Alexander Mostovoi and Alexei Smertin back from injuries. ROSTERS: Japan 1 KAWAGUCHI Yoshikatsu, 2 AKITA Yutaka, 3 MATSUDA Naoki, 4 MORIOKA Ryuzo, 5 INAMOTO Junichi, 6 HATTORI Toshihiro, 7 NAKATA Hidetoshi, 8 MORISHIMA Hiroaki, 9 NISHIZAWA Akinori, 10 NAKAYAMA Masashi, 11 SUZUKI Takayuki, 12 NARAZAKI Seigo, 13 YANAGISAWA Atsushi, 14 ALEX, 15 FUKUNISHI Takashi, 16 NAKATA Koji, 17 MIYAMOTO Tsuneyasu, 18 ONO Shinji, 19 OGASAWARA Mitsuo, 20 MYOJIN Tomokazu, 21 TODA Kazuyuki, 22 ICHIKAWA Daisuke, 23 SOGAHATA Hitoshi. Russia 1 NIGMATULLIN Ruslan, 2 KOVTUN Yuri, 3 NIKIFOROV Yuri, 4 SMERTIN Alexei, 5 SOLOMATIN Andrei, 6 SEMSHOV Igor, 7 ONOPKO Viktor, 8 KARPIN Valery, 9 TITOV Egor, 10 MOSTOVOI Alexandr, 11 BESCHASTNYKH Vladimir, 12 CHERCHESOV Stanislav, 13 DAEV Viacheslav, 14 CHUGAINOV Igor, 15 ALENICHEV Dmitry, 16 KERZHAKOV Alexander, 17 SEMAK Sergei, 18 SENNIKOV Dmitri, 19 PIMENOV Ruslan, 20 IZMAILOV Marat, 21 KHOKHLOV Dmitry, 22 SYCHEV Dmitri, 23 FILIMONOV Aleksander. YELLOW CARDS: Japan — Toda, Inamoto; Russia — Semshov, Alenichev. REFEREE: Markus Merk (Germany). NUMBER: 1 Japan's 2-2 tie with Belgium gave it its first point in World Cup history. QUOTABLE: ''We could try to defend in numbers, not take any risks and sit back for 90 minutes. But we haven't the experience of teams like Germany and Italy, and that's not our style.'' — Japan coach Philippe Troussier on how his team will approach the game.
