[Reserve]
GK:1 Ryuuji Ohmoto
DF:
MF:
FW:15 Takefusa KUBO

○Match Report
【Challenge to the next stage】
The point difference with the top-ranked Aomori Yamada High School is 5 (Tokyo is currently in 4th place).
Tokyo wants to accumulate 3 points after hearing about Aomori Yamada High School's defeat before the match.
Coach Sato said, "Let's play with all our strength for 90 minutes. We need to play soccer while observing the opponent's situation. Let's do what we need to do, even if it's something we don't like, for the sake of what we want to achieve."
With a pleasant breeze blowing, the match started at 15:00 at our home ground 'Tokyo Gas Musashino-En Multi-Purpose Ground'.

[First Half]
Tokyo, standing with the wind at their backs, enters the match with great momentum.
Just 13 seconds after the start, Yokoyama takes the first shot to give the team momentum, and after 5 minutes, Kobayashi (Miki) connects to Terayama, who passes sideways to Yokoyama, but his powerful shot from the middle goes over the goal.
Furthermore, Yokoyama broke through the right side with speed in the 6th minute, and Hara, Yoshida, and Kobayashi jumped in.
This is Kobayashi at the back who connects, but the shot is off target.
Then, the first big chance comes in the 8th minute, as Hara and Sugiyama apply pressure deep on the left side of the opponent's territory and win the ball.
In the end, Sugiyama faces the opposing GK in a one-on-one situation but is thwarted by a great save.
After that, as the opponent maintained possession of the ball and continued to develop play in our territory, there were moments where we faced danger due to our own mistakes.
Even so, the defense remains focused around the penalty area and does not allow any goals.
As both sides continued to be in a stalemate, the 29th minute arrived.
Sugiyama picked up the loose ball from the right corner kick and successfully scored the opening goal with a controlled shot from his right foot into the bottom right corner after a dribble.
However, Urawa also has a big chance.
In the 32nd minute, after being breached on the left side, Takase faced a one-on-one situation. Takase quickly reacted and deflected the opponent's shot aimed at the right side of the goal with one hand, bringing the first half to a close.

【Halftime】
Coach Sato: "Let's enter the second half with the mindset of 0-0. We need to continue risk management for the next 45 minutes. Keep facing soccer until the end."

【Second Half】
Tokyo, now downwind, finds itself on the defensive from the start, receiving the momentum of Urawa.
In the 48th minute, a free kick is awarded on the right side, and a ball is kicked directly into the goal without anyone touching it.
This hit the post, and the rebound was headed in, resulting in a tie.
After that, Urawa took control, and we couldn't connect the ball well.
Urawa continues to press towards the goal with speedy dribbling breakthroughs when the ball enters the front line, while Tokyo endures a prolonged battle.
In the 61st minute, a cross was delivered from the left side, creating a decisive opportunity at the far side, but Arakawa blocked it with his body.
To stabilize the match, Hirakawa was brought in for Yoshida in the 64th minute. The midfield structure was rearranged.
In the 71st minute, Yokoyama was substituted for Okaniwa, who gave the team momentum.
In the 76th minute, after a pass from Fushino to Okaniya, he made a vertical run and delivered a low cross from deep on the right side to Kobayashi (Miki) at the near post.
Control this, evade the opponent, and score with a right-footed shot to take the lead.
Even so, the momentum is with Urawa.
Tokyo sends in Shinada, Imamura, and Masaru HASEGAWA to regain control.
In the 88th minute, as they launched a counterattack, Imamura held on in the center to create a play, connecting with Kobayashi (Miki).
Kobayashi (Miki) dribbled up the center and passed the ball to Okaniya, who was running on the outside, but the shot from the middle was blocked by the opponent.
On the contrary, for 90 minutes, a powerful shot from the opponent came in a blind manner, but Takase punched it away.
End of the match after enduring 4 minutes of additional time.
Accumulate 3 points and chase the top positions.

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