Tokyo's fierce comeback!

In the second half, as expected, Omiya's movements dropped sharply. It's not surprising considering how intense their pressing was in the first half. On the other hand, Tokyo's energy increased. With Omiya's pressing weakening, Kabuki and Yukihiko were able to keep the ball up front, and a good rhythm of passing centered around Almir was revived. From the left side, Fujiyama confidently dribbled into the center, creating chances. Additionally, substitute Koike, who came on in the 15th minute of the second half, showed accurate distribution in the defensive midfield, covering for Almir's forward movements and improving the overall rhythm. In defense, midfielder Shinjo aggressively marked Jorn, who had been tightly marked by Sandro since the first half, and prevented him from doing his job. With a good rhythm in both attack and defense, Tokyo repeatedly attacked Omiya's goal and created scoring opportunities.

Yukihiko and Furubei showed off! Two beautiful goals!!

In the second half, after 20 minutes, the balance was finally broken. Yukihiro, who received the ball from Almir in the center of the goal, turned forward with one touch, passed through the legs of the opposing defender who came to take the ball with two touches, and scored a goal by passing by the goalkeeper who jumped out with three touches. It was a beautiful goal unique to Yukihiro, born from a series of very high technical skills. The game continued to be dominated by Tokyo. Omiya, who had been playing compact soccer with a shallow defense line since the first half, became impatient with this goal and started attacking recklessly, causing their balance to collapse and leading to a counterattack by Tokyo. In the following 24 minutes of the second half, Furukata, who came on as a substitute, scored a spectacular header that changed course in front of the goalkeeper from a cross by Yukihiro from the right, sealing the game. This season, Furukata has only played about 10 minutes in official matches in the last two games, and even on this day, there were moments where he seemed confused after coming on as a substitute, but as expected from a man who has played 80 official matches in the J-League, he did a great job when it mattered most. In the 40th minute of the second half, Kaburaki broke through from a vertical pass from Almir and had a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper. In the end, it didn't result in a goal, but Tokyo held on and won the game. This was their first three-game winning streak of the season.

Struggling with thorough pressing

Omiya on this day had studied Tokyo well. By keeping the defense line shallow and pressing thoroughly from the front line to the midfield, they completely crushed the ball of Almir, who is the starting point of Tokyo's attack, and did not allow them to create a rhythm. They placed Ukiki, who played for Tokyo Gas FC until last year, on the final line, and Edwin, who also played until two years ago, in the midfield, and seemed to have taken all measures against Tokyo. Tokyo could not connect the ball in the midfield and repeated a monotonous attack by kicking it forward. On the other hand, Omiya's counterattack was sharp after taking the ball by keeping the defense line shallow, and they sent early cross balls to 190cm tall FW Jorn from both sides. Sandro, who is 184cm tall, marked Jorn closely, but there were dangerous situations where the ball was dropped and shot by Omiya FW. However, this was something that coach Okuma had predicted before the game, and he instructed the players to focus on how to deal with losing the ball in a competition, so the players were calmly responding. In the first half, the number of shots was also 4 to 8, and it was a difficult situation where Omiya was completely pushed, but the intense press of Omiya could not continue for so long, and the players endured calmly.