Japan’s problems getting players for the 2011 Copa America continued as Borussia Dortmund became the latest German club to turn its back on the Asian champion’s request for players, saying injuredstar Shinji Kagawa needed to attend summer training before his second Bundesliga season.
“Shinji is coming off a serious injury, and it’s necessaryfor him to prepare with the team before the new season,” Dortmund sports director Michael Zorc said. “That would be the best dec
Following last month’s earthquake and tsunami, the J-League was halted and matches rescheduled for the summer. The Japan Football Association reached that agreement with J-League clubs that it wouldsend a team to the Copa America but only take seven or eight J-League players and rely on European clubs to supply the rest of the team.