Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu was impressed by Scott McTominay’s heroics as Scotland beat Denmark 4-2 in November to attain the World Cup.
The Napoli midfielder scored a spectacular overhead kick to open the scoring earlier than Lawrence Shankland, Kieran Tierney and Kenny McLean additionally bought on the scoresheet on a well-known Hampden evening.
And whereas Moriyasu singled out McTominay and Scotland captain Andy Robertson for reward, he expects a troublesome check towards a staff of “high intensity”.
“Andy Robertson, especially, is a player who plays at the top level and also Scott McTominay,” Moriyasu mentioned, through a translator.
“I remember his goal in the World Cup qualifier – an overhead kick which was brilliant.
“But it is not simply these two gamers, Scotland has many gamers I love.
“We are competing against a team of World Cup standard. They are very dynamic in defence and offence as well, they play with a high intensity as well.
“So we’re wanting ahead to enjoying towards a staff who’s of this stage.
“In the game, I want to see where we stand in the whole thing and how much we can express our quality.
“It’s a pleasure to be right here, to play towards an opponent who has a protracted historical past of soccer.
“Tomorrow’s game is going to be tough but we’d like to work on our tactics before the World Cup.”
