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Japan opted not to call up any overage players in their 18-man squad for the Paris Olympics under-23 football tournament on Wednesday, as was the case for the 1996 games in Atlanta and the 2008 games in Beijing. FC Tokyo midfielder Kuryu Matsuki was a surprise omission by manager Go Oiwa, who based his side on the U-23 Asian Cup-winning team in May. Shunsuke Mito and Koki Saito both made the list after starring for Sparta Rotterdam last term in the Dutch Eredivisie, the latter on loan, counting themselves among six Europe-based players. “We’ll take one game at a time with the aim of making the…

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