Little more than a day after his shock omission from Japan's 26-man World Cup squad, Kyogo Furuhashi was back to business for Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday.
While the 27-year-old forward was focused on his team's heavy 5-1 loss against defending champion, Real Madrid, at the Bernabeu, questions after the match naturally turned to one of the biggest surprises of Tuesday's Samurai Blue squad announcement.
Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu was widely expected to take one of the Scottish Premiership's most prolific scorers to the Nov. 20 to Dec. 18 World Cup, but fellow attacker Daizen Maeda was the only member of Celtic's Japanese contingent to get the call.