GAME RESULTGame Result

Sec. 30 2016/11/20 (Sun)
Spectators 2,877
Weather cloudy, weak 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 Finished
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 → Hayato ONOZAWA 83' Masaki OKINO → Jurei IKEDA |
14 | Shoot | 4 |
1 | CK | 2 |
14 | FK | 24 |
53' Yoshitake SUZUKI |
Warning | |
Exit |
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 | Takase Kazunaga |
DF | 21 | Shuto OKANIWA |
DF | 49 | Sakaguchi Shoji |
MF | 42 | Yoshiatsu OIJI |
MF | 50 | Takefusa KUBO |
FW | 44 | Takuma ABE |
GK | 32 | Anjuns |
DF | 25 | Daiki KOGURE |
DF | 28 | Hayato NUKUI |
DF | 39 | Tomoya Shoji |
DF | 42 | Reiya MORISHITA |
MF | 13 | Maruoka Mitsuru |
MF | 30 | Yasuki KIMOTO |
MF | 35 | Masaki OKINO |
MF | 38 | Masataka Nishimoto |
FW | 36 | Rei YONEZAWA |
FW | 40 | Takeru KISHIMOTO |
GK | 46 | Ryoya Mitsufuji |
DF | 37 | Ikeda Jureito |
DF | 43 | Kakeru FUNAKI |
MF | 49 | Axe Sawahayato |
[Player/Coach Comments]
The 30th round of the 2016 Meiji Yasuda Life J3 League will be held at home at Yumenoshima Stadium in Koto Ward.
FC Tokyo U-23, which joined this season, is currently in 11th place with 8 wins, 9 draws, and 12 losses, totaling 33 points.
Cerezo Osaka U-23, who will also participate in the season, will face them. They are in 12th place with 8 wins, 8 draws, and 13 losses, totaling 32 points.
This match could potentially change the rankings depending on the results, so it is an absolutely crucial game for Tokyo, including the possibility of losing away.
The starting eleven for Tokyo consists of Enomoto as GK in the overage slot, with Hayashi up front. The DF line is made up of Yanagi, Okazaki, Koyama, and Ogawa from right to left.
In the midfield, Nozawa and Suzuki enter, forming a 4-5-1 formation with Hiraoka, Sasaki, and Insoo YU in the second row.
Abe, who has recovered from injury, has been added to the bench.
In addition, the winning members of Takase, Okanote, Sakaguchi, Namiji, and Kubo, who won the J Youth Cup final the day before, will join.
Osaka has a young lineup with an average age of 19.40 due to the fact that the final match of J2 is held on the same day as the registration of members.
Rookie Anjunsu will make his 5th appearance this round as GK. Maruoka, who returned from Germany, will join the midfield, and Yonezawa, who has scored 8 goals so far, will be in the front line in a 4-4-2 formation.
The match started with a large number of 2,877 fans and supporters visiting, even though some seats were sold out.
【First Half】
The early stages of the game, which started with Osaka's kickoff, were dominated by Tokyo at home.
3 minutes, YANAGI passes back to NOZAWA with a back pass on the right side PA and sends it directly to the far side. LIN and Insoo YU both jump in here, but they overlap and cannot combine.
In the 6th minute, Insoo YU attempted to dribble through alone, but was unable to get a shot off.
In the 7th minute after, Hayashi was fouled in a post-play and Insoo YU directly aimed for the FK but missed the target by a large margin.
Tokyo, who took the first shot, continued to possess the ball and actively made vertical passes to create opportunities, using both sides to maintain their attacking momentum.
However, due to slight misplacement of passes, we were unable to launch effective attacks.
Tokyo, who takes the lead in reacting to second balls and competing for the ball, is unable to create chances while maintaining control, resulting in a stalemate.
22 minutes, Osaka wins the long kick from GK and clears it behind. The opponent FW tries to close in, but Enomoto, who had come out to the PA line, catches it.
Osaka continued to put pressure on the Tokyo DF line with a press from the front, and in the 26th minute, Okazaki was able to enter the PA after having the ball stolen, but Nozawa was able to win the one-on-one confrontation.
At 38 minutes, Tokyo began to use middle passes and one-twos to break through the press from the front line.
Ogawa steals the ball in the center of his own field and passes it vertically to Hayashi. He then connects it directly to Hirayama on the right side, who speeds up and breaks through vertically.
Sasaki attempts a header towards the goal from a cross in the center with his right foot, but the GK easily saves it.
In the 38th minute, Tokyo, who had been attacking from the center, continued to shoot but the DF blocked them one after another.
As the game reaches the middle stage, both teams are increasing their small fouls due to intense battles for the ball, and it's now the 45th minute.
Osaka gives a free kick on their own right side, but Hayashi clears the sharp ball kicked near the goal.
Insoo YU blocks the ball back to the right side from the chaotic right corner kick.
Insoo YU heads the right corner kick again, hitting the opponent and resulting in a goal kick.
The first half ends with a scoreless situation, with only 3 shots from Tokyo.
【Halftime】
Manager Nakamura
"As planned, the opponent is pressing from the front but we are not losing."
Enter firmly from the start of the second half.
Use numbers on crosses and use power in attacks.
Many supporters are coming because it's the final game.
Let's definitely aim for 3 points.
[Second half]
Tokyo substitutes Sasaki and puts Ikari in, entering the center of the second row.
Tokyo was the one who started attacking from the beginning of the second half.
In the opening minutes, YU made a sliding attempt to reach a cross from Nozawa, who had been attacking the right side since the start, but narrowly missed.
Insoo YU, the team's top scorer, moved the game.
49 minutes, Suzuki handed the ball to Nozawa and passed it vertically to Hayashi. Hayashi, who had turned around, entrusted the ball to Insoo YU, who ran up the left side and entered the left PA.
He fakes out the opposing DF and cuts inside, swinging his right foot to score the opening goal for the second consecutive game.
Tokyo, who is on the offensive, launched a short counterattack after stealing the ball in the center of the opponent's territory at the 54th minute.
Hayashi, who picked up the ball, passed it to Hirao on the right, who then crossed it to the center. Despite a scramble, a shot was taken but it was blocked and ultimately ruled offside.
Tokyo, who continued to play aggressively on both offense and defense, substituted Kubo for Nozawa, who had been injured in a collision with an opposing player, in the 63rd minute.
The fabric drops to the position of the defensive midfielder, and Kubo moves into the center of the second row.
Tokyo creates a rhythm with its face appearing all over the pitch.
However, Osaka's defense around the PA area continues to put their bodies on the line and make it difficult for us to create chances.
In order to break this situation, Abe was switched from Hirayama in the 73rd minute, with Abe moving to the front line and Hayashi moving to the right side.
77 minutes, Kubo, who received the ball in the center, creates space and sends a through pass to Insoo YU with his left foot outside.
Insoo YU tries to aim for the far side from the left PA, but the DF who returned to cover clears it at the line.
In the 81st minute, Osaka faced a pinch, with 4 direct passes connected and ultimately a cross from the right side was met near the goal but missed to the right.
Tokyo, who is fighting back, has Kubo take his first shot in the J-League.
84 minutes, Ogawa on the left side sends a grander ball to Kubo, who is in a near position, and aims with a left-foot direct shot, but it goes over the frame.
In the 86th minute, both teams approached the goal in order to score the next point. Osaka expanded to the left side from the central PA and took a powerful shot from a dribble, but it hit the side net.
90 minutes, Kubo tries to shoot from behind the opponent's defense, but can't get the shot off, additional time.
When Abe holds the ball in the center from the counter, he passes it to Insoo YU who aims for the left back.
When the opponent DF takes this, Insoo YU presses the GK as it is.
Additional goal, the 11th of the season, snatched from a sluggish moment.
In addition, at the end of the game, Suzuki passed the ball directly to Abe in the center, and made a through pass behind the opponent's defense.
Kubo breaks through here and faces GK one-on-one, but is stopped by good defense and does not score the third goal.
The match ended as it was, with a 2-0 victory and 3 points, raising the ranking to 10th place and ending the first year of participation in J3.
Thank you very much for your passionate support for FC Tokyo U-23.
Thank you for your continued warm support for FC Tokyo.
【Summary of Manager Nakamura's Press Conference】
"Today, it's the final match and we are grateful for the many fans and supporters who have come and the great atmosphere at the venue."
The game was between the same U-23 teams, so their playing styles were also a bit similar.
We entered the game with the mindset of not losing in the ball and transition areas, as they are a team that plays aggressive soccer.
Everyone ran well from the start.
However, there were still many mistakes along the way, and there were also situations where we were put under pressure by the opponent's short counter attacks.
"There were still some areas that were lacking, but in the second half, we were able to improve the quality by addressing those areas and making substitutions. I think it was great that we were able to score a good goal."
【Player Comments】
《Nozawa》
"First of all, I think we were able to make a strong start with a lot of determination, considering it was the final match of J3."
I think it was good that we were able to fight in that part because we entered the game with the feeling that we absolutely did not want to lose in the ball game.
However, there were also accidents such as injuries, and there were also moments where I couldn't play as I wanted.
Overall, I think we were able to fight and make calm judgments, so I think it was good.
(How was your play?) I also had a sense of being able to make passes as intended.
There were also scenes where they would use their body to commit a foul on defense, but I think they were able to prevent easy plays and were able to press back, so it was good.
(How was your play over the past year?) At first, my condition didn't improve and I couldn't play the way I wanted or with my full emotions.
However, I think we were able to grow in various aspects by playing games throughout the year, and especially by playing with passion and improving our defense.
(Message to fans and supporters for the upcoming season) This season, both individually and as a team, we were not satisfied with the results. However, we will work harder to grow and contribute to the team's strength next season, so we appreciate your support.