match Match Schedule & Results

[Reserves]
GK: 16, Tsubasa ISHIHARA
DF: 15, Kohei MITSUI, 2, Jumpei MURAKAMI
MF: 6, Kazuha TADA, 14, Yoshio KOIZUMI, 18, Ryota YANAGIZONO, 19, Riki SHINOHARA
FW: 13, Daiki ENOMOTO

○Match Digest
The 23rd Prince Takamado Trophy All Japan Youth Soccer U-15 Championship Tokyo Qualifiers, also serving as the Final Round of the 22nd Tokyo Youth (U-15) Soccer Championship B Block, was held at Gakugei University Koganei Junior High School Ground.

Right from the start, both teams engaged in intense battles to gain possession of the ball. Musashi built their game around U-15 Japan national team member SASAKI, with Shimodaira and Takahashi in the holding midfield roles, but in the early stages, they struggled to advance the ball due to Teikyo FC's intense pressing.
The opponents also tried to approach Musashi's goal with long balls, but center backs Takada and Kuramoto, supported by fullbacks Aihara and Yamaguchi, responded effectively.
At 10 minutes, the opponent's long ball broke behind our defense, but GK Hane cleared it firmly with precise positioning.
At 15 minutes, Shimodaira's free kick went over the bar.
At 18 minutes, Sakamoto rushed in to meet Tamiya's exquisite cross from the left side but narrowly missed.
At 20 minutes, from a scramble in front of the goal, Takahashi broke free and aimed for the goal with an inside kick, but the ball went over the crossbar.
At 25 minutes, the opponent took a header shot from a cross, but it hit the crossbar and the danger was avoided.
At 30 minutes, overlapping DF Kuramoto collided with an opposing DF and was injured, leaving the field. He tried to return once but had to give up playing due to bleeding from the head.
35 minutes: Izumi is brought on.
39 minutes: Takahashi connects to Yamaguchi, who passes to Akatsuka. Akatsuka takes a shot but narrowly misses over the bar. The first half ends here.

The second half begins with Koyama coming on. Yamaguchi is moved up to forward.
41 minutes: The opponent takes a shot from a long throw-in, but it goes wide beside the goal.
44 minutes: GK Hane punches away the opponent's free kick to clear it.
46 minutes: A chance for a free kick from the opponent's rough play. Sasaki → Yamaguchi → Shimohira connect, and a shot is taken but misses.
48 minutes: Tamiya is fouled and awarded a free kick. The ball is passed from Shimohira to Takahashi, but the shot does not score.
50 minutes, a crisis! From the opponent's free kick, GK Hane punches the ball away, it spills in front of the goal, but Aihara and Sasaki respond and clear it.
51 minutes, Tamiya is once again tightly marked.
55 minutes, the ball is passed from Izumi to Sasaki to Aihara, who sends in a cross; Akatsuka and Yamaguchi rush in but miss the connection.
58 minutes: The long-awaited goal is scored. Yamaguchi dribbles into the box and is fouled, earning a free kick opportunity! The kicker is SASAKI. The ball kicked by SASAKI draws a beautiful arc and is swallowed into the goal!
62 minutes: The opponent threatens the goal with a through pass, but Izumi and Koyama provide solid coverage.
67 minutes: The opponent's free kick is headed away but spills in front of the goal, yet Hane makes the save. The danger continues, but centered around DF Takada, they prevent the goal from being scored.
69 minutes: Shimodaira's cross is met by Tamiya, but unfortunately it hits the bar.
74 minutes: Sato is brought on, adding a high-scoring player to aim for an additional goal.
A super play emerges at the 76th minute! The opponent fires a powerful long shot towards the goal, but GK Hane makes a superb save. Even at this time, Hane's concentration does not waver.
At the 78th minute, a corner kick opportunity. Izumi and Sato rush in on Sasaki's ball; Izumi touches it but it goes just wide of the goal.
There was 1 minute of stoppage time, and the opponents desperately kept pressing until the very end. Musashi defended firmly as a united team until the final moment. And then the match ended.

It was by no means an easy match, but they splendidly secured the qualification spot.
Today, the first and second-year students also came to cheer for the third-year students. They responded to that support firmly.
The third-year students, including Shinohara, Murakami, Koizumi, Mitsui, Yanagizono, Tada, Ishihara, and Enomoto, who did not participate in today's match, are excellent role models.
Thank you to everyone who loves U-15 Musashi for your support today as well.