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Maya Yoshida and Japan knocked out of the World Cup on penalties

Maya Yoshida’s Japan have been knocked out of the World Cup after losing 3-1 to Croatia on penalties in the round of 16. The match went to spot-kicks after an edgy contest which ended 1-1 after extra time.

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Maya Yoshida tops group to reach World Cup knockout stage

Maya Yoshida and Japan have reached the last 16 of the World Cup after a 2-1 win over Spain on Thursday (01/12). The Blue Samurai topped the group ahead of Spain, Germany and Costa Rica after taking six points from three games.

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Maya Yoshida and Japan defeated 1-0 by Costa Rica

Maya Yoshida and Japan lost their second group game at the World Cup. S04’s centre-back once again captained his national side and played the full 90 minutes in a 1-0 defeat to Costa Rica on Sunday (27/11).

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Yoshida wears the armband as Japan defeat Germany

Maya Yoshida’s Japan got off to a flier in Group E as they defeated Germany 2-1 in their World Cup opener. Schalke’s number four captained the side and played for the full 90 minutes at the Khalifa International Stadium. The 34-year-old combined with former Royal Blue Ko Itakura to form Japan’s defensive pair.

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Tom Krauß wins with Germany U21s against Italy

In Tom Krauß, Kerim Calhanoglu and Alex Král, the Royal Blues had three players on international duty on Saturday. Both debutants enjoyed victory in the Germany kit. Schalke.de has summarised the matches of our trio.

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Short cameo for Maya Yoshida during Japan’s World Cup warm up

In the clash between two World Cup participants, Maya Yoshida played in Japan’s narrow 2-1 defeat against Canada (17.11). During the dress rehearsal game in Dubai, the centre-back for the “Blue Samurai” came on as a replacement for Takumi Minamino of AS Monaco in the 85th minute.

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Alex Král’s Czech Republic hit five, Kerim Calhanoglu features for U20s

Two Royal Blues were in international action on Wednesday evening, with both Alex Král and Kerim Calhanoglu getting 90 minutes under their belt. Král’s Czech Republic hit five past the Faroe Islands, whereas Kerim Calhanoglu featured in a 2-2 with the Germany U20s.

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Yoshida, Král, Krauß and Calhanoglu called up for international duty

The Bundesliga is done for 2022. The majority of the Schalke squad will spend the next two weeks on holiday following performance tests on Tuesday (15/11). Maya Yoshida is off to the World Cup with Japan, while Alex Král will be with the Czech national team for two friendlies. Tom Krauß and Kerim Calhanoglu are also due to feature for Germany youth sides.

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Maya Yoshida named in Japan's World Cup squad

Maya Yoshida was named in Japan's squad to head to Qatar this morning.

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Tom Krauß features against England – Sepp van den Berg and Maya Yoshida keep clean sheets

The final round of international games on Tuesday (27/9) saw four Schalke players involved. Tom Krauß, Sepp van den Berg and Maya Yoshida all played, whilst Alex Král was an unused substitute for Czech Republic in their defeat to Switzerland.

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Mehmet Can Aydin assists winning goal for Germany U20

The Germany U20 team recorded their second win in the second match of the international break on Monday. Three days after their 2-1 win over Poland, coach Hannes Wolf's side came up 1-0 victors in Romania.

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Nations League defeat for Alex Král against Portugal

Alex Král and Czech Republic lost on Saturday night (24/9) in the Nations League.

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