What could count against new coach Ranko Popovic’s side is the timing of the fixture. FC Tokyo’s league campaign kicks off next weekend, but the Chofu-based outfit lost 2-1 to Kashiwa Reysol in the Japanese Super Cup on Saturday. Popovic won’t read too much into that result – there are rumours he might rotate his squad for the ACL anyway – but FC Tokyo will hardly be match-fit compared to Ange Pos