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《FC Tokyo U-23 Coach Tetsu NAGASAWA Press Conference Summary》

"First of all, I feel very grateful that the fans and supporters came to cheer us on despite the significant disasters caused by the typhoon in various areas."

The game may have ended in a somewhat disappointing way, but since we earned points, I want to prepare for the next match. Ashitaka has somewhat sticky grass, and the game often becomes loose with many loose balls, making it difficult to maintain a logical flow. In such situations, if we can create opportunities against our opponents and pick up loose balls, it will be our game; if they pick them up, it will be their game. Overall, I think it was a reasonable result.

We are a young team, so we are still inexperienced in changing our judgment in situations where we are leading. Therefore, we have no choice but to go for goals, but after scoring two, we had chances to score a third and fourth on the counter, and as a consequence of not capitalizing on those opportunities, we ended up conceding two goals at the end. We need to make sure we address that as well.

It was good that Hara scored, but there were moments when he could have scored another two goals if he had played to move towards the goal instead of trying to draw a foul in the penalty area. I believe that for the U-23 team, the most important aspect is to be fully committed to competition and ball challenges, but today we were outperformed by Numazu in terms of intensity, so I want to reflect deeply on that and reconsider the significance of this team moving forward.