"Masato MORISHIGE"

"Personally, I am very happy to have won at Ajinomoto Stadium for the first time in about a year. I didn't think I would be able to easily return to top condition from my injury last season and start this season."
I thought I needed to light a fire within myself, but today I was able to get into the game well and make bold plays.

As a team, we have struggled defensively in the past few games, so we have once again focused on our "defensive from the front" approach since training camp.
In addition, in the past, when trying to maintain a compact formation, the FW would drop back, but that would prevent them from attacking.
So today, we focused on pushing up from behind and compacting.
I think we were able to press aggressively from the front and connect to good attacks by taking possession in a high position.
We were able to make use of the reflection from the recent game.

"I want to work hard with the feeling of regaining my position even in the Japan national team during the representative period."

"Kotaro OMORI"

"Did we outrun Shonan, known for their hard work?"
Of course, it's important to run and work hard, but we also focus on taking solid positions on both offense and defense, and then moving forward from there.
I think it was a big achievement that we were able to do it together.

(What are the instructions from the coach?)
Just as usual for me. He just said "You understand, right?!" (bitter laugh). But I felt the atmosphere of "There's no next time if you can't do it!!"...

"Summary of Tokyo - Kenta HASEGAWA Coach's Press Conference"

"I think that being able to fight aggressively until the end today led to 3 points."
Shonan Bellmare is also at the top level in J1 when it comes to the basic aspects of soccer, such as "fighting, switching, and running".
I think it will be a big confidence boost for the team to be able to play fearlessly against such teams and surpass them in the game.
The game was set up so that if we could take the lead with a great goal from Diego OLIVEIRA, and then add another point, we would win, but it was difficult to score another point.
In this kind of situation, the DF line tends to lose concentration for a moment, but they played with focus until the end without losing their concentration.
In addition, I think one of the reasons we were able to fight until the end without drawing the line was that the players who came on as substitutes also put pressure on the opponents from the front and did not allow them to kick good balls during power plays.
First of all, I want to thank the players for achieving our first league victory at home. I know it's been tough with back-to-back games, but I also want to express my gratitude to the passionate fans and supporters who cheered us on until the end.
"I think we can finally say that we have won one game, so I want to prepare well during the break and be ready for the next match."

Q=What are the current points for improvement while struggling to score in the flow?
"In the first half, Diego OLIVEIRA had a chance to score with a one-two play."
I think we are able to create opportunities. However, in order to improve the final part, we have no choice but to train. I believe that without such training, our decision-making ability will not improve.
"I want to do that kind of training during the break period," he said.

Q=What is your evaluation of Okazaki?
"We played calmly from the first half. There were some scenes where we panicked when we entered the attacking third, but I think they did a good job throughout the 90 minutes."

"Summary of Shonan's Coach CHO Kwi Jae's Press Conference"

"We ended the league with 0 points for the first time. It's really frustrating, but we have to use this loss as motivation for the next game."
Not all of today's game was bad, and we were able to show some good parts. However, we couldn't score and in the first play of the second half, we were caught off guard and conceded a goal.
However, I think it was good for me. That's because I haven't lost so far, so I had a feeling that "the players behind will do something about it" and "the GK will stop it" during this week's training.
I think it's not a bad thing for players to have time to face this result and continue to fight in the league in the future.
However, we were caught off guard in the second half, so it was a very heavy loss.
The fighting spirit of FC Tokyo, or rather the desire to fight, is one of the highest I have seen in the games I have watched. We must learn from this attitude.
What I felt in today's game is that if we want to fight in J1, including substitute players, we need to reduce mistakes that make it difficult for the whole team to move forward as much as possible.
The league will enter a break period, but during this break, we want to use it effectively and make good preparations for the next game."