match Match Schedule & Results

[Reserves]
GK:16 Kazuki Takase
DF:29 Arata Shinohara
MF:
FW:

[Match Report]
【Challenge for the Future!】
The 2nd Round match that will decide the qualification for the national tournament.
Tokyo hosts Tokyo Musashino City Football Club Youth at the home ground, Tokyo Gas Musashino-En Multipurpose Ground.
The temperature settled down, and it started to feel a bit chilly as the match began.

[First Half]
From the start, both teams displayed aggressive play.
Tokyo aggressively attacked through players like Arakawa and Hanya on the left side.
In contrast, Musashino applied very strong pressure in one-on-one situations, and the fierce battle for second balls prevented Tokyo from gaining control.
At the 7th minute, Hanya attacked from the left side. At the 10th minute, from Go HATANO's quick feed, Suzuki broke through behind and approached the goal but failed to score.
Then, at the 12th minute, Tokyo allowed a vertical dribble breakthrough on the left side, followed by a cross to the far side.
They connected freely on this and conceded the opening goal.
Riding this momentum, Musashino continued to take consecutive shots in the 14th minute, pressing close to Tokyo’s goal.
The ones who changed this flow were Suzuki (Iku) and Hanya.
They moved to both the left and right sides, drew out the ball, and began to serve as a focal point by controlling long balls up front.
Then, Hanya supported around them, using his body to draw the momentum in.
At 17 and 19 minutes, Suzuki (Iku) created chances, and the equalizing goal came at the 25th minute.
When the opponent's DF hesitated to handle Hatano's long feed, Suzuki (Iku) stole the ball and took a shot from the right side, which hit the post.
Hanya follows up on the rebound.
After that, from long balls, midfielders Kiji and Uchida, among others, got involved with forwards Suzuki (Iku) and Hanya, taking control of the game as the first half ended.

[Halftime]
Coach Sato: "Continue to manage risks carefully in the second half. There are no easy matches. We have strong players on the bench as well, so let's push as far as we can."

【Second Half】
The second half began with neither team making any substitutions.
From the start, there was intense ball contention in midfield, advancing into the attacking third, but they struggled to get a proper shot off.
As time passed and Tokyo held possession longer, they scored the go-ahead goal through their passing play.
In the 66th minute, Suzuki (Iku), who became the starting point on the right side for Tokyo, dribbled inward and passed to Suzuki (Ki).
From there, they connected finely near the opponent's penalty area with Hanya → Suzuki (Ki) → Ito → Suzuki (Ki), advancing into the penalty area.
Suzuki (Ki)'s shot from about a 45-degree angle on the left hit the far-side post and was drawn into the goal.
Furthermore, in the 76th minute, Uchida dribbled through the center and, with that momentum, took a middle-range shot to make it 3-1.
Just two minutes after coming on as a substitute near the end, Imamura timed his run perfectly to break behind the defense on Ito's pass.
Imamura skillfully controlled his first touch and calmly finished one-on-one with the opposing GK to score the fourth goal.
At the 90th minute, Imamura evaded an opponent with his first touch and delivered a low cross to the near post from deep on the right side.
Substitute Sugiyama rushed in here but failed to make contact.
In added time, Fukino cut in from the left side and threatened the goal; the substitutes also played aggressively, maintaining control until the end and securing qualification for the national tournament with a 4-1 victory.

Thank you very much for your passionate support for FC Tokyo U-18 today.
We kindly ask for your continued warm support in the future.

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