match Match Schedule & Results

[Reserves]
GK: 1, Nao TAKABA, 20, Wataru HAYASHIZAKI
DF: 15, Kohei MITSUI, 2, Jumpei MURAKAMI
MF: 6, Kazuha TADA, 14, Yoshio KOIZUMI, 18, Ryota YANAGI, 19, Riki SHINOHARA
FW: 9, Goya AKATSUKA, 11, Tatsuhiro SAKAMOTO, 13, Daiki ENOMOTO

○Match Digest
The 23rd Prince Takamado Trophy All Japan Youth Soccer U-15 Championship Kanto Tournament Final Round was held at Central Park 2G in Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture.
Blessed with good weather, the players also showed bright expressions. The opponent in this match, which will decide advancement to the national tournament if won, is the strong team JEF Ichihara Chiba. Intense offense and defense are expected from the start.

1 min: Aihara intercepts the opponent's breakthrough and feeds to Yamaguchi, but it is intercepted by the opponent.
3 min: Conceded a goal after being caught off guard by the opponent's passing play.
4 min: Kuramoto → Takahashi → Sato connect and attempt a breakthrough, but it is cleared.
6 min: Takahashi → Sasaki → Shimodaira connect and deliver a cross, but no goal.
8 minutes: Nishimoto → Aihara → Sasaki connect and take a shot, but it narrowly misses.
10 minutes: Kuramoto → Takada → Kuramoto connect and send a long feed to Sato, but the opposing defender clears it.
12 minutes: GK Ishihara makes a wonderful catch of the opponent's cross. At 17 minutes, the opponent breaks through with a through pass and faces a one-on-one, but GK Ishihara makes a super save!
20 minutes: A tying goal is born from Musashi's counterattack! The ball is passed to Nishimoto in front of the goal, who then passes to Sato. Sato swings his left foot and scores! A wonderful shot!
22 minutes: A free kick opportunity, with Sasaki as the kicker. The curved ball aimed goes wide to the left of the goal.
27 minutes: Kuramoto blocked the opponent's through pass with his body, collided with the opponent and got injured, briefly leaving the pitch but quickly returned.
29 minutes: Tamiya intercepted the opponent's pass, dribbled forward and took a shot, narrowly missing over the crossbar.
At the 32nd minute, the opposing MF broke through the left side, but Tamiya made a nice cover. At the 37th minute, GK Ishihara showed his athletic ability by catching the opponent's corner kick.
At the 39th minute, Takahashi connected with Shimodaira's free kick, but the ball went just wide of the goal. The first half ends here.

At the 41st minute, Yamaguchi cut off the opponent's breakthrough.
43 minutes: The second-year duo of Aihara → Sato attempt a breakthrough.
44 minutes: A back pass is stolen, leading to a one-on-one with the GK, but GK Ishihara makes a nice save to keep the goal intact.
48 minutes: Passing from Sato → Sasaki → Nishimoto, Yamaguchi runs into the loose ball and shoots, the ball piercing the goal, but it is ruled offside.
51 minutes: Aihara connects to Shimodaira and sends in a cross, but the opposing DF clears it.
55 minutes: Sato to Aihara to Nishimoto shows excellent passing play.
58 minutes: The opponent breaks through with a through pass, beating GK Ishihara, but Aihara throws his body to cover.
62 minutes: Koyama is brought on to replace the injured Aihara from the earlier play.
At 63 minutes, a shot was taken in front of the goal and everyone thought, "It's in!" but Koyama stretched out his leg and cleared it.
At 67 minutes, Koyama tried to break through on the left side, but the opponent desperately cleared the ball.
At 73 minutes, Yamaguchi connected with Shimodaira's cross and took a shot, but the opposing GK made the save.
78 minutes: Yamaguchi connects with a half-volley on a loose ball in front of the goal and shoots! It hits the crossbar directly. Neither team yields, and the match ends here.

The match goes into extra time with two 10-minute halves.
Right after extra time begins, both teams launch fierce attacks.
At the 83rd minute, Izumi is brought on to replace Kuramoto.
At the 84th minute, connecting passes from Tamiya to Shimodaira and back to Tamiya, who takes a wonderful shot, but the ball misses the goal by about one ball's width. Truly a close call!
At the 88th minute, connecting passes from Sasaki to Sato, a cross is made, and Nishimoto rushes in but misses the connection.
At the 89th minute, Tsukada was brought on. Shortly after coming in, Tsukada stole the ball and accurately passed it to a teammate. The first half of extra time ends.

At the 93rd minute, Yamaguchi summoned his last strength to apply intense pressure from the front line.
At the 95th minute, Takahashi, attempting to break through near the goal, was brought down but the referee ruled no foul.

The match was deadlocked and went to a penalty shootout.
Jeff took the first kick, Musashi went second, and the ball kicked by Jeff's first kicker was superbly saved by GK Ishihara!
Musashi's first kicker, Sasaki, calmly scored.
The second kicker was Takada, who scored firmly.
Then, GK Ishihara saved again the ball kicked by Jeff's third kicker! The situation became even more favorable.
Musashi's third kicker, Tamiya, narrowly missed the target.
After this, the fourth kicker Takahashi scored, and the last kicker was Shimodaira; if this goes in, qualification for the national tournament is secured.

As Musashi's parents, players, and staff watched anxiously, the ball kicked by Shimodaira struck the goal! At that moment, all the players on the bench rushed onto the pitch!
On the field, the third-year students, led by Sasaki, were tears of joy! Truly an emotional scene! It is proof that the players gave their all.
We look forward to even greater success at the national tournament!
Thank you very much to everyone who loves U-15 Musashi for your passionate support today as well.