GAME RESULTGame Result
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Sec. 13 2007/5/26 (Sat)
Audience 22,679 people
Weather: Sunny, Temperature: 27.2°C, Humidity: 37%
Referee: Minoru TOJO Assistant Referees: Hideaki SATO / Masahiko HARADA Fourth Official: Kazushiro MIYAJIMA
J1 Sec. 13
Ajinomoto
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HOME
FC Tokyo
0-1
Match Finished
First Half0-1
Second Half0-0
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AWAY
Nagoya Grampus
FC Tokyo | Nagoya Grampus | |
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Scorer |
32' Yonsen |
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45' Wanchope → Naohiro Ishikawa 63' Takashi Fukunishi → Shingo Akamine 74' Rychely → Ryoichi Kurisawa |
Player Substitution |
73' Keita Sugimoto → Shoten Kataoka 75' Masatomo Kin → Akira Takeuchi 86' Toshiya Fujita → Keiji Yoshimura |
13 | Shoot | 7 |
6 | CK | 3 |
19 | FK | 17 |
Warning |
35' Maya Yoshida 56' Yonsen |
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Exit |
GK | 1 | Yoichi Doi |
DF | 25 | Yusuke Tokunaga |
DF | 6 | Yasuyuki Konno |
DF | 8 | Ryuji Fujiyama |
DF | 15 | Suzuki Norio |
MF | 19 | Masahiko Inoue |
MF | 37 | Takashi Fukunishi |
MF | 23 | Yosuke Kajiyama |
FW | 35 | Rychely |
FW | 9 | Lucas |
FW | 10 | Wanchope |
GK | 22 | Hitoshi Shiota |
DF | 17 | Kanazawa Jyo |
MF | 7 | Asari Satoru |
MF | 27 | Ryoichi Kurisawa |
MF | 18 | Naohiro Ishikawa |
FW | 20 | Nobuo Kawaguchi |
FW | 24 | Shingo Akamine |
GK | 1 | Narazaki Masataka |
DF | 4 | Masayuki Omori |
DF | 5 | Atsushi YONEYAMA |
DF | 34 | Yoshida Maya |
MF | 8 | Kim Jeong-yu |
MF | 10 | Toshiya Fujita |
MF | 13 | Yamaguchi Kei |
MF | 24 | Keisuke Honda |
MF | 31 | Shohei Abe |
FW | 9 | Yonsen |
FW | 19 | Keita Sugimoto |
GK | 21 | Kushino Ryo |
DF | 30 | Takeshi Uchida |
MF | 7 | Naoji Nakamura |
MF | 14 | Yoshimura Keiji |
MF | 27 | Katayama Shouten |
MF | 29 | Kasumi Ogawa |
FW | 17 | Maki Yuki |
[Player/Coach Comments]
Suppressing Nagoya's top two, three consecutive wins in the league!
In the 13th round of the league, we will face Nagoya Grampus Eight at home. In the previous match against Yokohama FC in the Nabisco Cup, players such as Akamine and Kurisawa, who have had few starts so far, played well and we achieved a come-from-behind victory. We have now won three consecutive matches in official games. In this round, we will unite as one and aim for a three-game winning streak in the league, which we have not been able to achieve since "Hara Tokyo".
Nagoya, on the other hand, is currently in 6th place with 18 points. In the consecutive games since Golden Week, the team's condition has been declining with 1 win and 4 losses, but all of the lost games were close. In addition, they have changed many members for the Nabisco Cup and have focused on today's league match. In particular, they should be wary of tall FW Yonson and speedy FW Sugimoto. The key to victory will be to closely mark these two top players and thoroughly cover them with the DF line.
In addition, Nagoya's midfield is filled with skilled players such as MF Fujita and Honda, who can both connect passes and launch quick attacks. If the opponent is too focused on guarding the two forwards, they may drop their defensive line and give space to Nagoya, allowing them to create a rhythm. Therefore, it is important to aggressively press from the front and not allow Nagoya to play freely.
Tokyo's starting lineup is based on the members of the 12th round of the league against Yokohama F.Marinos, and just like in the end of the Nabisco Yokohama FC match, Kajiyama is being used as the right MF. Manager Hara stated, "Together with Fukunishi, we want to receive the ball and create opportunities from there." Akamine, considering the consecutive matches, started on the bench. No matter who comes on, they will continue to play with momentum and aim for their third consecutive win in the league. The sun is shining since morning, a complete change from yesterday's rain, and Ajinomoto Stadium is feeling like a hot summer day. The match started at 3:04 PM with Tokyo's kickoff.
Unable to create a sense of dynamism, we were caught off guard and conceded the first goal.
1 minute into the game, Kajiyama takes a shot from mid-range. The game started with a shot from Tokyo, but Nagoya quickly counterattacks. In the 4th minute, they spread the ball wide from a right throw-in and a decisive pass is made from MF Honda to FW Yong-sun, after receiving the ball from MF Kin. Tokyo's DF manages to clear it somehow. In the end, a cross is sent to MF Kin on the left side, but it goes out of bounds and the danger is avoided. In the 6th minute, Fukunishi commits a handball while trying to defend a cross to Nagoya's front line. This gives a free kick from a position outside the box on the left side. DF Yoneyama takes the shot, using MF Honda as a decoy, but it is saved by Doi. In the 9th minute, Tokyo picks up a clearance from Nagoya and launches a counterattack. Inonami and Tokunaga connect passes before Lucas takes a shot from mid-range. It was a well-aimed shot, but it hits the crossbar and they are unable to take the lead.
Due to the heat, Tokyo's movements slow down as time passes. There is little movement and support in the front line, and the ball is taken away while trying to connect in the midfield. At the same time, Nagoya also makes mistakes, resulting in a back and forth game. In the 16th minute, Kajiyama on the right side passes to Lucas in the center. He sends a direct pass to Wanchope in front of the goal, but his trap is too big and he can't finish the shot. In the 29th minute, they lose the ball in their own half and a long through pass is sent to the front line. Nagoya FW Yonson runs in, but Fujiyama clears it just before he can shoot.
In the midst of exchanging attacks and defenses due to mistakes, in the 31st minute, Kajiyama → Lucas, who had drifted to the right, boldly attempted to break through into the area. However, he was intercepted by the Nagoya DF and suffered a counterattack. Nagoya changed sides from the left side of their own field to the center → right. FW Sugimoto on the right front line dribbled into the large open space in the center and connected with MF Honda, who had moved up from behind. Tokyo was unable to press either FW Sugimoto or MF Honda, and Inamoto was late to mark MF Honda, leaving FW Yongson completely free in the area to receive a through pass. He scored with his left foot. Taking advantage of the gap in the marking, Nagoya took the lead.
Nagoya, who took the lead, was put in a favorable position, and in the 36th minute, FW Yonson was able to dive and head the ball from FW Sugimoto's left cross. In the 40th minute, MF Honda connected directly with FW Yonson and MF Kin in front of the Tokyo goal, and after receiving the return pass, MF Honda forcefully broke through the Tokyo DF and took a shot, but Doi made the save. They didn't allow any additional points, but Tokyo was unable to create any chances afterwards. In the 42nd minute, Lucas ran into the front line after receiving a pass from Wanchope, but fell outside the area, but the whistle did not blow. In the end, they only managed to take 3 shots in the first half and went into the second half trailing by 1 point.
Despite trying to make adjustments and continue attacking, we were unable to break through and suffered a defeat with no points.
In the second half, Iwakawa was substituted for Wanchope as the right MF. Lucas moved to the top, and Kajiyama led the counterattack in the center. They fixed the issues from the first half and took the initiative with aggressive movements. In the 51st minute, Rychely boldly made a move in the left area and made a final pass in front of the goal. Lucas turned around and took a shot, but the GK saved it. They got a CK, but couldn't finish from there. In the 53rd minute, Tokunaga fed the ball to Kajiyama who was running up front, and Lucas took a shot from behind. In the 57th minute, Kono competed for Suzuki Nori's left CK, and Ishikawa took a shot.
While grasping the rhythm, we lacked accuracy in the end and couldn't score. In the 63rd minute, Akamine was substituted for Fukunishi and Red Mine was brought in to thicken the front line with a two-top formation. In the 68th minute, Kajiyama took a direct shot from the clear of Ishikawa's right cross, but it missed widely. On the other hand, Nagoya also changed to a 3-back formation. In the 73rd minute, Katayama was substituted for FW Sugimoto, and in the 75th minute, DF Takeuchi was brought in for right MF Kane to strengthen the defense. In the 79th minute, Akamine crossed the ball and Lucas headed it, creating a decisive opportunity, but the goal was not scored.
In the final stage, Nagoya, who pulled back to a 5-back formation, had Inakano also move up to the front line, and both sides of Tokunaga and Norio Suzuki crossed from left and right one after another. However, the shots were blocked by the focused opponent DF, and even when they picked up the loose balls, they couldn't hit the target, making it difficult to score a point. In the 89th minute, Akamine skillfully broke through the area from a left side FK and took a shot, but the angle was not good and the GK saved it. In stoppage time, Inakano took a shot from inside the area, but it was blocked by Nagoya DF. Then, connecting with a feed from Doi, Akamine jumped into the area, but the DF cleared it. Despite attacking fiercely, they couldn't break through Nagoya's solid defense. They lost without scoring a goal, and couldn't achieve their third consecutive win in the league.
【Player Comments】《Doi》"In the first half, we couldn't play the attacking football we wanted to. The coach told us to 'go forward more', but until Akamine came on, we couldn't push up. I think we ended up playing at the slow pace of the opponent. (In this commemorative 300th game) we wanted to get a win, but there's another game coming up. It's more important for the team to win. If we can accumulate points even in a game like today's, I think the team's form will improve."《Akamine》"In order to play, I have to move and create chances, and if I don't, I can't score goals, so I came on with the intention of aiming for goals in coordination with everyone. The coach told me to defend from the front and to go into space. Also, Nagoya's midfielders are attacking, so there's space between the defense line. I thought if I could receive the ball there, the space behind the defense would open up. We created a few chances, but if we don't convert them into goals, it's meaningless. If we focus more on shooting, we can get corners or even own goals. I want to keep that in mind."
[Summary of Manager's Press Conference] "In the first half, both teams felt that the movement was heavy due to the fact that we were playing at home and I told the players to be aggressive. However, the heat had an impact and Wanchope, who has improved defensively, was not able to make runs behind the line as much as I wanted. But he is a slow starter and his movements were delayed. As a result, we couldn't put the ball in the top and were forced to play back and sideways passes, making it difficult for us in the beginning. So I told Wanchope to move more and receive the ball, but it didn't become clear and the midfielders had a hard time playing forward. Furthermore, after conceding a goal in the first half, our defense became weaker. At halftime, I put in Ishikawa and instructed him to attack from the sides. Lucas also had a clear movement and the rhythm changed, but we couldn't score and ended up defending. It was a tough situation for both teams in this hot weather, but we can't win if we can't score. There were also scenes where it could have been a penalty kick, but we can't win without scoring. I think our defensive balance has improved, so our challenge for the future is to break through and score."
[Nagoya - Vergoossen press conference summary] "We were able to end the first half in a very good shape. The defense was also well organized and we were able to use the free players well in the attack. We were able to effectively use MF Honda and both side backs, Omori and Abe. However, I think there were also some problems. There were many judgment mistakes, such as not crossing when we needed to, or not shooting earlier when we needed to, and the accuracy of the final pass was also lacking. Another problem in the first half was that we made a mistake in choosing our shoes. I think there were many players slipping. However, the game is not 45 minutes but 90 minutes, so we should have shot more and scored more goals in the first half to pull away. In the second half, FC Tokyo changed to a 2-top formation, so we were afraid of being in a 2-on-2 situation in the final line and changed to a 3-5-2. However, I don't think we were able to use the space well. We created chances 2 or 3 times from counter attacks, but we couldn't score. As a result, we gave the opponent chances and the game became very intense. Since it was a 1-0 situation, FC Tokyo took risks and attacked. In return, there was more space behind, so we should have used it better. In the end, FC Tokyo also came with a power play, so we had to adapt to that. I think there was also some luck in the result of the victory. However, FC Tokyo has been in very good form recently, so I am happy that we were able to take points here. I want to praise the players."