GAME RESULTGame Result

Sec. 30 2016/11/20 (Sun)
Attendance 2,877 people
Weather: Cloudy, Light; Temperature: 22.2 degrees; Humidity: 50%
Referee: Yusuke SHIOTSU Assistant Referee: LEE Sang Ki / Masashige ABE Fourth Official: Nozomi OSADA
J3 Sec. 30
Yumenoshima

HOME
FC Tokyo U-23
2-0
Match Ended
First Half0-0
Second Half2-0

AWAY
Cerezo Osaka U-23
FC Tokyo U-23 | Cerezo Osaka U-23 | |
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49' Insoo YU 90'+1 Insoo YU |
Scorer | |
46' Wataru SASAKI → Yoshiatsu OIJI 63' Hideyuki NOZAWA → Takefusa KUBO 73' Tasuku HIRAOKA → Takuma ABE |
Player Substitution |
65' Hayato NUKUI → Kakeru FUNAKI 76' Masataka NISHIMOTO → Hayaki ONOSAWA 83' Masaki OKINO → Juri IKEDA |
14 | Shoot | 4 |
1 | CK | 2 |
14 | FK | 24 |
53' Yoshitake SUZUKI |
Warning | |
Ejection |
GK | 13 | Tatsuya ENOMOTO |
DF | 26 | Takahiro YANAGI |
DF | 40 | Makoto OKAZAKI |
DF | 25 | Ryoya OGAWA |
DF | 15 | Takuya KOYAMA |
MF | 34 | Hideyuki NOZAWA |
MF | 43 | Yoshitake SUZUKI |
MF | 19 | Tasuku HIRAOKA |
MF | 24 | Wataru SASAKI |
MF | 32 | Insoo YU |
FW | 23 | Yohei HAYASHI |
GK | 46 | Kazunari Takase |
DF | 21 | Shuto OKANIWA |
DF | 49 | Sakaiuchi Yoshii |
MF | 42 | Yoshiatsu OIJI |
MF | 50 | Takefusa KUBO |
FW | 44 | Takuma ABE |
GK | 32 | An Junsu |
DF | 25 | Daiki KOGURE |
DF | 28 | Hayato NUKUI |
DF | 39 | Tomoya Shoji |
DF | 42 | Reiya MORISHITA |
MF | 13 | Mitsu Maruoka |
MF | 30 | Yasuki KIMOTO |
MF | 35 | Masaki OKINO |
MF | 38 | Masataka Nishimoto |
FW | 36 | Rei YONEZAWA |
FW | 40 | Takeru KISHIMOTO |
GK | 46 | Ryoya Mitsuto |
DF | 37 | Ikeda Juraito |
DF | 43 | Kakeru FUNAKI |
MF | 49 | Hayaki Onizawa |
[Player and Coach Comments]
The 2016 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company J3 League Sec. 30 will be held at home at Yumenoshima Stadium.
FC Tokyo U-23, which joined this season, is currently in 11th place with 8 wins, 9 draws, and 12 losses, totaling 33 points.
The opponent is Cerezo Osaka U-23, who also joined this season. They are in 12th place with 8 wins, 8 draws, and 13 losses, totaling 32 points.
Depending on the results of this round, there is a possibility of changing rankings, and for Tokyo, this will be a match that absolutely cannot be lost, including the defeat away.
The starting eleven from Tokyo includes Enomoto as the goalkeeper in the over-age slot and Hayashi in the forward position. The defensive line from right to left is Yanagi, Okazaki, Koyama, and Ogawa.
Nozawa and Suzuki are positioned at the bottom of the midfield, with Hiraoka, Sho SASAKI, and Insoo YU forming the second line in a 4-5-1 formation.
Abe, who has returned from injury, is included in the bench.
In addition, the championship members Takase, Okaniwa, Sakaguchi, Ikuchi, and Kubo, who won the J Youth Cup Final Round held the day before, will join.
Osaka has a young lineup with an average age of 19.40 years, as it coincides with the final match of J2.
GK rookie Anjuns will make his fifth appearance this match. In midfield, Maruoka returns from Germany, and up front, Yonezawa, who has scored 8 goals so far, will be in a 4-4-2 formation.
The match started with a large number of 2,877 fans and supporters visiting, despite some sections being sold out this round.
[First Half]
The match began with a kickoff from Osaka, and it was the home team Tokyo that took the initiative.
In the 3rd minute, Yanagi passes back to Nozawa near the right side of the penalty area, sending it directly to the far side. Hayashi and Insoo YU dive in but end up overlapping and cannot connect.
In the 6th minute, Insoo YU attempted to break through with a solo dribble but was unable to take a shot.
Seven minutes later, Hayashi was fouled in a post-play situation, and Insoo YU attempted a direct free kick, but it went well wide of the goal.
Tokyo, who took the first shot, continued to maintain possession of the ball, actively sending vertical passes to Hayashi to create opportunities, and from there, they did not ease their attacks by utilizing both the left and right sides.
However, due to slight misalignments in passing, we are unable to launch effective attacks.
Tokyo, taking the initiative with their reactions to second balls and battles for the ball, is unable to create chances, resulting in a stalemate.
In the 22nd minute, Osaka won a long kick from the goalkeeper and headed it backwards. Although the opposing forward rushed in, Enomoto, who had come out just past the penalty area line, caught the ball.
Osaka continues to apply pressure on Tokyo's defensive line with pressing from the front, and in the 26th minute, Okazaki loses the ball and enters the penalty area, but Nozawa wins the one-on-one confrontation.
In the 38th minute, Tokyo began to break the press using middle passes and one-twos against the pressure from the front line.
Ogawa steals the ball in the center of his own half and passes it vertically to Hayashi. He then connects it directly to Hiraoka on the right side, breaking through with speed.
He crosses from the right foot to the center, and Sho SASAKI aims for the goal with a header, but it lacks power and goes straight to the GK.
In the 38th minute, Tokyo launched an attack from the center, with Hayashi taking consecutive shots, but the DF blocked them.
As both teams increased their minor fouls in the fierce battles for the ball in midfield, the first half ended at 45 minutes.
A free kick is awarded to Osaka on their right side, and a sharp ball is kicked to the near post, but Hayashi clears it.
The right corner kick given resulted in a scramble, but Insoo YU closed in and blocked it back to the right side.
The right corner kick again was headed by Insoo YU at the near post, but it hit an opponent and resulted in a goal kick.
The first half ends scoreless with only three shots from Tokyo.
【Halftime】
Coach Nakamura
"As planned, the opponent will press from the front, but we are not losing."
Start strong from the beginning of the second half.
In attack, use power by committing players to crosses.
Many supporters are here for the final match.
Let's definitely secure 3 points.
[Second Half]
Tokyo substitutes Kijima for Sasaki, who moves directly into the central second line.
Tokyo was the first to attack from the start of the second half.
Right from the start, they attacked the right side, and in the end, Insoo YU slid in at the far post to meet Nozawa's shot-like cross, but just barely missed it.
The one who changed the game was the team's top scorer, Insoo YU.
In the 49th minute, Suzuki picked up the ball and passed it to Nozawa, who then made a vertical pass to Hayashi. Hayashi, after turning, passed to Insoo YU, who advanced into the left penalty area.
Faking out the opposing DF, he cuts inside and strikes with his right foot to score the opening goal, marking two consecutive matches with a goal.
In the 54th minute, Tokyo launched an offensive, with Kiji stealing the ball in the center of the opponent's territory for a quick counterattack.
Hayashi, who picked up the ball, passed it to Hiraoka on the right, and crossed it to the center where Kijima was. He took a shot from the scramble, but it was blocked, and in the end, it was ruled offside.
Tokyo continued to play aggressively on both offense and defense, but in the 63rd minute, Kubo was brought on to replace Nozawa, who had been injured from a collision with an opposing player.
The fabric drops back to the defensive midfielder position, and Kubo moves into the central area of the second line.
Tokyo's fabric emerges everywhere on the pitch, creating rhythm.
However, Osaka's defense continues to put their bodies on the line around the penalty area, making it difficult for us to create chances.
To break this situation, Hiraoka was substituted for Abe in the 73rd minute, moving Abe to the front line and Hayashi switching to the right side.
In the 77th minute, Kubo received the ball in the center, created space, and sent a through pass to Insoo YU with the outside of his left foot.
Insoo YU aims for the far side from inside the left penalty area, but the returning defender clears it near the line.
On the contrary, it was a pinch in the 81st minute, as Osaka connected four direct passes, and finally, a cross from the right side was met at the near post but went to the right of the goal.
Tokyo strikes back as Kubo takes his first shot in the J-League.
In the 84th minute, Ogawa, who had the ball on the left side, sent a ground ball to Kubo, who was positioned near the goal, but his left-footed shot went over the target.
In the 86th minute, both teams pushed forward towards the goal to score the next point. Osaka spread the play to the left side from just outside the central penalty area and took a powerful shot from a dribble, but it hit the side netting.
In the 90th minute, Kubo tries to shoot after breaking through the opponent's defense, but he is unable to take the shot, leading to additional time.
Abe has the ball in the center from the counter and sends a through pass to Insoo YU, who is aiming for the left behind.
When the opposing defender takes this and passes back to the GK, Insoo YU presses the GK directly.
Seizing the opportunity from a sluggish moment, this is the additional goal, making it the 11th goal of the season.
Furthermore, just before the end, Suzuki passed the ball to Abe in the center, who then made a direct through pass behind the opponent's defense.
Here, Kubo breaks free and faces the GK one-on-one, but is thwarted by a great save, preventing the third goal.
The match ended as it was, accumulating 3 points with a score of 2-0, finishing in 10th place in their first year participating in J3.
Thank you very much for your passionate support for FC Tokyo U-23.
We appreciate your continued warm support for FC Tokyo.
【Summary of Coach Nakamura's Press Conference】
"Today is the final match, and many fans and supporters have come, creating a very good atmosphere at the venue, for which I would like to express my gratitude."
Since both teams are U-23, their playing styles were somewhat similar.
They are a team that plays aggressive soccer, so we entered the game with the mindset of not losing in terms of ball contests and transitions.
Everyone ran well from the start.
However, there were still many mistakes along the way, and there were moments when we faced danger from short counters after being pressured by the opponent.
There were still areas that needed improvement, but in the second half, we aimed to raise the quality again, including those aspects and the substitutes, and I think it was great that we were able to score a solid goal.
【Player Comments】
《Nozawa》
"First of all, since this is the final match of J3, I think we were able to start with a strong determination."
I entered the match with the determination not to lose in the battles for the ball, so I think it was good that I was able to compete in that aspect.
However, there were also moments when I couldn't play as I wanted due to accidents such as injuries.
Overall, I think it was good that we were able to fight and make calm situational judgments.
(How was your own play?) I felt that I was able to make passes as intended.
There were scenes where fouls occurred due to physical contact in defense, but I think we managed to prevent easy plays, and we were able to press back, which was good.
(How do you feel about your performance this year?) At first, I struggled to get into good condition, and I couldn't play the way I wanted or with the passion I desired.
However, I believe that by playing matches throughout the year, we were able to grow in various aspects, especially in terms of passionate play and defense.
(Message to fans and supporters for next season) This season, both individually and as a team, we did not achieve satisfactory results. However, we will work hard to grow more and become a stronger team for next season, so we appreciate your support.