match Match Schedule & Results

[Reserve]
GK:16 Kazuki TAKASE
DF:5 Sodai HASUKAWA
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FW:

○Match Report
【Challenge for the Future!】

Tokyo, with 23 points, moved up to 3rd place following the results of the previous round.
Top-ranked Aomori Yamada High School and second-placed Ichiritsu Funabashi High School are tied with 24 points, followed by Yokohama F.Marinos Youth in 4th place with 21 points.
The tightly contested 2016 Premier League EAST has 6 matches remaining, including this round.
Sec. 13 at home will be a match against Kashiwa Reysol U-18.
In the previous match, Tokyo secured victory by protecting Ito's goal. They aim to take 3 points to chase the top ranks.

【First Half】
While both sides started quietly, Kashiwa held possession of the ball.
Tokyo looks for chances through counters that utilize both short passes and long passes.
Since both teams are ones that want to maintain solid ball possession, compact formations with a high defensive line clash against each other.
Therefore, the quick transitions between offense and defense led to intense battles for the ball in midfield, reactions to second balls, and responses to one-twos. These fine details in each situation determined the outcome, leaving no room for mistakes.
In the tense development of the match, Tokyo's first shot came in the 6th minute.
From the right side, Okaniwa delivered a grounded early cross to Matsuoka in the center, whose turned shot went wide to the left of the goal.
Maintaining their concentration, Tokyo seized the momentary lapse of Kashiwa to take the lead.
At 22 minutes, applying pressure on a throw-in deep on the opponent's left side, they won the ball, and Ito cut inside to unleash a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, shaking the net.
Gradually, Tokyo also began to create time, and at the 37th minute, after earning a left corner kick, Ito sent the ball to the center. Here, Sakaguchi followed up on Uchida's contested loose ball and scored an additional goal.
Immediately after, at the 38th minute, Uchida held possession deep on the left side and passed to Ito.
Ito, having entered the penalty area, made a back pass to Matsuoka, whose shot was blocked, but Uchida recovered the ball and aimed for the goal again, though the shot went over the frame.
At the 40th minute, a Kashiwa player was sent off with a second yellow card, and the first half ended with a two-goal lead and a numerical advantage.

【Halftime】
Coach Sato
“Having a numerical advantage and a two-goal lead is very dangerous. Let’s proceed aggressively while paying the utmost attention.
Even if the opponent does what they want, we must be patient. Although the opponent has 10 players, we will take risks and attack where we can.

[Second Half]
With a numerical advantage, Tokyo dominates the match.
At the start of the second half in the 47th minute, Okaniwa advanced deep down the right side and connected with Hanya, who rushed near post, but they could not score.
At 48 minutes, Kobayashi aimed for the goal with a one-two pass with Hanya but could not hit the target.
Continuing their offensive, Tokyo at 61 minutes received the ball on the left side from Ikiji to Uchida, while Arakawa moved around outside to draw the opponent.
Uchida cut inside and carefully placed the ball with his right foot to the far side as the opposing DF's pressure momentarily eased, making it 3-0.
In the 66th minute, Go HATANO’s long feed allowed Hangai to break free and score the fourth goal with a lob shot over the advancing GK’s head.
At 69 minutes, Okazaki scored with a header from a precise kick by Ikiji. From a right corner kick, Okazaki won the aerial duel on the far post and netted his first league goal of the season.
Tokyo, making substitutions with Fukino, Hasegawa, Shinada, Suzuki (Iku), and Suzuki (Ki), maintained control of the flow, but the biggest crisis of the match came in the 81st minute.
After losing possession of a pass exchange within their own defensive line, they were attacked from the right side, leading to a one-on-one situation with Hatano.
The opponent's shot went over Go HATANO and headed towards the unguarded goal, but Okazaki cleared it with a jumping volley on the goal line.
After surviving this crisis, at the 87th minute, substitute Suzuki (Iku) received a vertical pass from Arakawa inside their own half on the left side.
From here, cutting inside and striking powerfully with his right foot from outside the penalty area, he scored at the far post to make it 6-0.
In the 90+2 minute of additional time, creating a chance on the left side and connecting to Matsuoka inside the penalty area, he evaded the opponent and slid the ball to the far side for the 7th goal.
Matsuoka scored his first league goal, much to his delight.
They did not allow the opponent to score until the end and won 7-0, temporarily reclaiming the top spot.

Thank you very much for your warm support to the players today.
Continuing, we kindly ask for your passionate support for FC Tokyo U-18.

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