GAME RESULTGame Result

Sec. 5 2020/7/18 (Sat)
Attendance 4,705 
Weather: Cloudy, No precipitation Temperature: 23.9 degrees Humidity: 88% 
Referee: Yusuke ARAKI Assistant Referee: Akane YAGI / Tomohisa GONDA Fourth Official: Shu KAWAMATA

J1 Sec. 5

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FC Tokyo

2-0

Match Ended

First Half1-0

Second Half1-0

AWAY

Urawa Reds

FC Tokyo Urawa Reds
45' Diego OLIVEIRA
66' Adailton
Scorer
61' Kensuke NAGAI → Adailton
82' Ryoya OGAWA → Hodaka NAKAMURA
82' Keigo HIGASHI → Arthur SILVA
89' Shuto ANBE → Yojiro TAKAHAGI
89' Diego OLIVEIRA → Kazuya KONNO
Player Substitution 46' Koya YURUKI → Takahiro SEKINE
57' Kenyu SUGIMOTO → Leonardo
57' Kazuki NAGASAWA → Martinos
68' Daiki HASHIOKA → Ewerton
10 Shoot 7
3 CK 8
13 FK 10
87' Hotaka NAKAMURA
Warning 74' Leonardo
90'+2 Takahiro SEKINE
Ejection
FC Tokyo Starting Lineup
GK 33 Akihiro HAYASHI
DF 2 Sei MUROYA
DF 4 Tsuyoshi WATANABE
DF 3 Masato MORISHIGE
DF 6 Ryoya OGAWA
MF 10 Keigo HIGASHI
MF 18 Kento HASHIMOTO
MF 31 Shuto ABE
FW 9 Diego OLIVEIRA
FW 11 Kensuke NAGAI
FW 20 Leandro
FC Tokyo Bench
GK 13 Go HATANO
DF 32 Joan OUMARI
DF 37 Hotaka NAKAMURA
MF 8 Yojiro Takahagi
MF 45 Arthur SILVA
FW 15 Adailton
FW 38 Kazuya KONNO
Urawa Reds Starting Lineup
GK 1 Shusaku NISHIKAWA
DF 27 Daiki Hashioka
DF 31 Takuya IWANAMI
DF 2 Mauricio
DF 6 Ryosuke YAMANAKA
MF 7 Kazuki NAGASAWA
MF 16 Takuya AOKI
MF 29 Kai SHIBATO
MF 24 Koya YURUKI
FW 30 Shinzo KOROKI
FW 14 Kenyu SUGIMOTO
Urawa Reds Bench
GK 25 Haruki Fukushima
DF 3 Tomoya Ugakami
DF 5 Tomohiro Makino
MF 8 Ewerton
MF 41 Takahiro SEKINE
FW 11 Martinos
FW 45 Leonardo

[Highlight Video]

[Player and Coach Comments]

《Adailton》
"I think today everyone on the team was really focused and it was a good match. It was a tough game, but we were able to score in the first half and take control. I was able to score after coming on as a substitute, and I think it turned out to be a very good match."

(Match in front of fans and supporters. How about cheering with applause?)
"I was really grateful. Today was the first home game after the restart with fans and supporters present, and although we couldn't cheer out loud, I was happy to feel their desire to support us. We won and scored goals, and I think we were able to bring joy to the fans and supporters."

Kento HASHIMOTO
"It was my last match in Tokyo, and I had never been able to win against Urawa, so I am really happy to have won today."

(Coach Hasegawa mentioned that he hopes the young players who look up to Hashimoto will do their best. For example, Abe is a junior from the academy, and there are high expectations)
"Abe has very good skills in ball recovery. I believe he will continue to do his best even when I'm not around, and there are many other young players who are also good. Just as I have secured my position, I hope everyone else can do the same."

(Post-match ceremony. Did you see the expressions of the fans and supporters? Also, the atmosphere of the players)
"I was happy to play in front of the fans and supporters after a long time. I talked a lot with the players at the end, and they told me to do my best and not to come back. I have many memories and feel a bit lonely, but I want to repay them by performing well in the future. I also wish for Tokyo's victory."

(Moving to Russia will be a big challenge. Please tell me about the challenges I will face and the themes for my success)
"First, I am looking forward to seeing if my strengths in ball recovery and defensive play will be effective. Additionally, I want to see if I can produce results in attack. I want to work hard to make my presence felt on both the offensive and defensive sides."

《Tokyo - Summary of the Press Conference with Director Kenta HASEGAWA》
"In the first half, we matched the opponent's slow tempo a bit, and we couldn't pick up the pace at the beginning. During the water break, we talked about raising our tempo ourselves, and gradually we started to pick it up."
We took the lead in a good way at the end of the first half, calmly progressed the game in the second half, and Adailton, who came on as a substitute, scored an additional goal. We were able to win against Urawa in an ideal development.

(For many years, there was a jinx in Tokyo where they couldn't win against Urawa. Regarding sending off player Hashimoto, who is transferring with a victory)
"Every team has opponents they struggle against. Once the flow changes, there should be changes coming from now on. It's difficult to break a bad flow, but everyone was able to concentrate and fight together.
Kento HASHIMOTO had high team morale in the last match. He kept moving until the end. I believe he left the results and his play for the fans, supporters, and teammates until the very end.

(In the last few minutes, the coach's expression seemed stern)
"There were parts where I wanted to use the five substitutions effectively, and there were players I wanted to substitute immediately. I discussed with the staff how to make the substitutions, so that might be why I looked stern."

(Once again, a comment about Kento HASHIMOTO)
"Since I became the coach in 2018, I have been using Kento. He has truly exceeded expectations; he has grown to become the core of the team, and by playing as a link between offense and defense, the team itself has also grown.
Of course, losing him will be very painful for the team.
I believe that the juniors who grew up watching Kento will step up, and I want to build the team from here again. I think Kento made a determined decision. I definitely want to see him succeed and perform in Europe, as well as with the Japan national team. I look forward to seeing him compete against strong clubs from various countries in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, while hoping for his future growth.

《Urawa - Tsuyoshi OTSUKI Manager Press Conference Summary》
"We suffered a defeat, but I feel that the timing of the goals conceded and the way they happened were regrettable. We challenged ourselves to come up with various ideas to score again, but it didn't go well. The next match is coming up soon, so I want to prepare thoroughly."

(Before the match, we mentioned the competitive aspects such as ball contests, and whether that led to the outcome)
"We struggled to contain Diego OLIVEIRA's play, and I felt that our intensity on the side slides dropped a bit. I wish we could have continued a bit longer, and also, the timing of the conceded goal was unfortunate."

I think it was a match where we had to attack after conceding the first goal, but we couldn't create any clear chances. What was lacking in our attack was
"I believe that conceding the first goal was everything."
I think it would have been better if we could have progressed the match in a way that didn't allow the opponent to set up and aim for a counterattack after they scored first.