GAME RESULTGame Result

Sec. 9 2021/4/11 (Sun)
Audience 17,615 people 
Weather: Sunny, Low Temperature 16.8 degrees, Humidity 24% 
Referee: Koichiro FUKUSHIMA Assistant Referees: Masahiro HORIKOSHI / Yuki TSUKAKOSHI Fourth Official: Tetsuro YOSHIDA

J1 Sec. 9

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FC Tokyo

2-4

Match Finished

First half0-2

Second Half2-2

AWAY

Kawasaki Frontale

FC Tokyo Kawasaki Frontale
59' Adailton
84' Takuya UCHIDA
Scorer 08' Akihiro IENAGA
17' Akihiro IENAGA
61' Kaoru MITOMA
75' Leandro DAMIAO
46' Shuto ABE → Adailton
64' Hirotaka MITA → Yojiro TAKAHAGI
64' Kensuke NAGAI → Kyosuke TAGAWA
64' Takumi NAKAMURA → Takuya UCHIDA
78' Keigo HIGASHI → Arthur SILVA
Player Substitution 70' Daiya TONO → Yasuto WAKIZAKA
84' Akihiro IENAGA → Kei NEN
84' Leandro DAMIAO → Yu KOBAYASHI
84' Kaoru MISAKI → Tatsuya HASEGAWA
90'+1 Aoi TANAKA → Kento TACHIBANADA
3 Shoot 10
6 CK 9
12 FK 13
74' Keigo HIGASHI
Warning
Exit
FC Tokyo Starting Lineup
GK 1 Tsuyoshi Kodama
DF 22 Takumi NAKAMURA
DF 29 Makoto OKAZAKI
DF 3 Masato MORISHIGE
DF 6 Ryoya OGAWA
MF 7 Hirotaka MITA
MF 31 Shuto ABE
MF 21 Takuya AOKI
MF 10 Keigo HIGASHI
FW 11 Kensuke NAGAI
FW 9 Diego OLIVEIRA
FC TokyoSubstitute
GK 13 Go HATANO
DF 25 Sodai HASUKAWA
MF 2 Arthur SILVA
MF 8 Yojiro Takahagi
MF 14 Takuya UCHIDA
FW 15 Adailton
FW 27 Kyosuke TAGAWA
Kawasaki Frontale Starting Lineup
GK 27 Kenta TANNO
DF 13 Miki YAMANE
DF 4 Jesiel
DF 5 Taniguchi Shogo
DF 7 Shintaro Kurumaya
MF 6 Joao SCHMIDT
MF 25 Tanaka Aoi
MF 19 Daiya TONO
FW 41 Akihiro IENAGA
FW 18 Kaoru Misaka
FW 9 Leandro DAMIAO
Kawasaki Frontale Substitute
GK 21 Shunsuke ANDO
DF 2 Kyohei NOBORIZATO
MF 22 Kento TACHIBANADA
MF 8 Yasuto WAKIZAKA
MF 16 Tatsuya HASEGAWA
FW 20 Kei CHINEN
FW 11 Yu KOBAYASHI

[Highlight Video]

[Player/Coach Comments]

"Takuya AOKI"
(Although it was a disappointing defeat, looking back on the game)
"I have never played a full game since transferring, so I wanted to win personally."
It was disappointing to concede only due to our own mistakes.

(What was your impression of the first Tama River Clasico?)
"These types of battles between rival teams are always intense."
"That's why we wanted to win."

(What was the role of Matsuki given by the coach?)
"The coach told me to connect from the back and build the game from the left side."

(Did that task go well?)
I think overall, except for the beginning of the game, we were able to stay calm and do well.
"There is a part that I regret that we could have improved the way we entered the game as a team."

(Match entry section. What went wrong?)
"Usually, we try to attack by aiming for the opponent's back, but today, that didn't work well and we ended up losing the ball by putting it at our feet too often."

"Adailton"
"It was a difficult game overall, but Tokyo was able to recover from being pushed in the first half and turn things around in the second half."
After just conceding one point, we allowed a third point and the situation became difficult, but I think there were also some good takeaways.

(The scoring scene was a very passionate goal)
"I don't remember the goal scene clearly, but Nagai player crossed the ball from the right side, Diego OLIVEIRA player collapsed near the goal, and the ball flowed well to my position."
I was only conscious of pouring calmly.
I think it's positive for me as an individual to score my first goal of the season in J1.

(For the next match against Fukuoka)
"Every away game is going to be tough."
"However, we want to make good preparations so that we can accumulate 3 points in the next Fukuoka match."

"Tokyo - Manager Kenji Hasegawa Press Conference Summary"
"I wanted to deliver a victory while many supporters came to watch. However, instead of being dominated in a one-sided match, I believe the players showed growth by being able to recover two points."
It was a big gain to score against Kawasaki in a well-organized attack.
However, the conceded goal was due to a mistake, and it was a shame that we conceded a goal in the first 15 minutes when we knew the opponent would come at us.
If we could have avoided that time period, we might have been able to take a different direction. However, I think that's the difference between us and Kawasaki, so I want to sincerely accept this loss and firmly connect what we were able to do and what we couldn't do to the next one."

(The intention behind starting with a 4-4-2 formation)
"There was a defensive aim, but there was also a desire to take the initiative in attack. I didn't think we had enough strength to fight in a tight four, so we started with a 4-4-2."

(There are some parts that missed the target)
"I thought that we couldn't create our own time if we didn't move the ball firmly against Kawasaki. Rather, I approached the players about whether they could move the ball after taking it."
The difference from our aim was that we were a little too careful from the beginning. I think it would have been better to use a simpler ball to turn the opponent around at the start, but that was the decision of the players who were actually feeling it. I think we often tried to connect by moving the ball. I feel like we were cleverly exploited there."

(Half-time instructions:)
"I talked about how if we can score one goal, the momentum will change because the performance itself wasn't bad."
"We talked about continuing like this and increasing Adailton's pressure to try to score one point first."

"Kawasaki - Toru ONIKI Press Conference Summary"
"They played a game with a lot of spirit from the start."
"It's always been said that we need to score at least 3 points, and they aimed for that. It was a tough game, but they gave it their all and fought well until the end."

(Regarding winning the Tama River Clasico)
"I am simply happy that we were able to win in a place where both myself and the players are committed."

(The front three scored, but)
"We always aim for goals. It's not easy to score, but I felt their attitude of not missing chances and always going towards the goal. All three goals were fantastic. I'm happy about it."