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"FC Tokyo U-23 Tetsu NAGASAWA Manager Press Conference Summary"

"First of all, we are very grateful to the fans and supporters who came to support us in the midst of the large-scale disasters caused by the typhoon in various places."

The game may have ended in a disappointing way, but I want to prepare for the next one by taking home some points. Ashitaka often plays on a slightly sticky turf, and the game tends to be chaotic with many loose balls. However, it was a back-and-forth match between us, who create opportunities in such situations, and the opponent, who can take advantage of loose balls. Overall, I think it was a fair result.

We are a young team, so we are still inexperienced in changing our decision-making while leading. In that case, we have no choice but to go for a goal, but we couldn't finish it off as we missed the chance to score a third and fourth goal on the counter. As a result, we ended up conceding two goals at the end. We need to keep working hard, including that aspect.

It was good that we scored a goal, but there were also moments where we could have scored another two points if we had played towards the goal instead of going for a foul in the area. I think that for the U-23 team, it is most important to focus on winning and competing for the ball, but today we were beaten by Numazu in terms of intensity, so we need to reflect on that and rethink the significance of this team and continue moving forward.