National soccer team has its first practice in Japan without Bielsa

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TOKYO.- Following orders from physical trainer Luis Bonini, the Chilean national team had its first practice session in the city of Hirono, located 250 kilometers north of Tokyo.

Although tired from the 25-hour trip to Asia, the practice included the entire team and nobody was injured. The team worked with the physical trainer due to the fact that their coach, Bielsa, had stayed in Tokyo.

After training in temperatures close to 5 degrees Celsius below zero, the Chilean national team will be put to the test on Saturday at 7:10 AM (time in Chile) against their Japanese counterpart. Next Wednesday, the group is set to compete in their second match of the Asian mini-tour against South Korea in Seoul.