[Reserve]
GK:16 Kazunari Takase
DF:35 Tomoya SUZUKI
MF:
FW:

○Match Report
【Challenge to the next stage】
The 28th year of the Heisei era, the 18th Tokyo Club Youth U-17 Football Championship Sec. 3 held with occasional light rain.
Tokyo has made some changes to the lineup since the last match and will take on Musashino-En City Football Club U-18.
Coach Sato conveyed, "Face soccer and strive to overcome ourselves every day." Finally, he emphasized the importance of flexibility by saying, "Let's respond according to the situation."

《First Half》
Starts with Tokyo's kickoff and moves immediately after.
In the 25th second, after being breached on the right side, Okaniwa fouled an opponent in the penalty area, resulting in a penalty kick decision.
Conceding the opening goal as this is scored in the right corner.
Tokyo launches a counterattack, and in the 3rd minute, Imamura gets a chance to go one-on-one with the opposing GK from the left side, but is thwarted by a great save from the GK.
Tokyo, having allowed their first goal of the tournament, struggled to find their rhythm afterwards, and in the 7th minute, they were breached on the left side, resulting in a shot from the center that hit the crossbar.
Furthermore, in the 13th minute, we allowed another breakthrough from the left side, and the shot went to the right of the goal.
Tokyo struggled to pick up the second ball and faced sharp counters from the opponent, but attempted to counterattack.
In the 21st minute, Imamura dribbled down the left side and entered the penalty area, aiming for the far side, but although he got past the goalkeeper, the covering defender cleared the ball.
In the 35th minute, Sakaguchi delivered a cross from the left side, and from the scramble, Kobayashi (Miki) took a shot, but the GK made a great save.
Although Fushino rushed in for the loose ball, he couldn't push it in.
The first half will end with a 0-1 lead.

≪Halftime≫
Coach Sato
"Let's face reality. It's when things aren't going well that we must confront ourselves. We are the ones who have brought about this situation. Let's overcome this situation ourselves."

《Second Half》
Tokyo showed sharp movements right from the start, but at the 54th minute.
When the left corner kick was sent to the center, it resulted in a scramble and the lead was extended to two goals.
Then, in the 57th minute, Tokyo brought in Kobayashi (Makoto), Hara, Kubo, and Hirakawa to launch a counterattack.
Tokyo, which has increased its second ball recovery rate in the midfield and begun to take control of the match, connected through Hirakawa and Kobayashi (Makoto) in the center just after the 58th minute, and finally received the ball inside from Fukino for a mid-range shot.
In the 62nd minute, from a right short corner kick, Okaniwa crossed to the far side. Takahashi and Hara jumped in for a header but hit the crossbar.
The goal was scored in the 67th minute when Okaniwa sent a right corner kick to the near post, and Hara scored with a high header to pull one back.
In the 69th minute, Hara scored again with a cross from the right side, equalizing the match.
Tokyo, gaining momentum, saw Hirakawa take a long shot in the 71st minute, and in the 73rd minute, HASEGAWA attacked a loose ball with a volley, but it did not result in a goal.
Continuing to make changes with player substitutions, they kept pressing towards the goal, and in the additional time of 90+3 minutes.
Haga, who received the ball on the left side, cut in with a dribble and entered the penalty area, then struck with his left foot towards the far side.
This became the winning goal, advancing to the Final Round with three consecutive victories in the final league.

Thank you for your passionate support for FC Tokyo U-18 today.
Thank you for your continued warm support.

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