GAME RESULTGame Result

January 30, 2016 (Saturday)
Audience 1,024 people 
Weather: Cloudy with occasional rain, light. Temperature: 20 degrees. Humidity: 78% 
Referee: Koji HAMAKAWA Assistant Referee: Hirotomo KAMIYA / Kaito SHIMADA Fourth Official:

2016 J League Skapa! New Year Cup

Okinawa Comprehensive Sports Park Athletic Stadium

FC Tokyo

1-0

Match Ended

First Half0-0

Second Half1-0

Verdy

FC Tokyo Verdy
90+2 minutes: Kento HASHIMOTO Scorer
7 minutes: Yuichi KOMANO → Kento HASHIMOTO
57 minutes: Kota MIZUNUMA → Hiroki KAWANO
57 minutes: Ryoichi MAEDA → Yohei KAJIYAMA
69 minutes: Ha DAESUNG → Naotaka HAYANU
71 minutes: Keigo HIGASHI → Ryoya OGAWA
78 minutes: Takushi YONEMOTO → Sandaza
78 minutes: Takuma ABE → Nathan BURNS
Player Substitution 46 minutes: Alan PINEIRO → Yuji FUNAYAMA
60 minutes: Keishi KUSUMI → Hideki NAGAI
60 minutes: Daisuke TAKAGI → Douglas VIEIRA
69 minutes: Yoshiaki TAKAGI → Junpei TAKAGI
69 minutes: Ryuji SUGIMOTO → Kazuki HIROMOTO
78 minutes: Shuto MINAMI → Naoya TAMURA
14 Shoot 2
6 GK 14
7 CK 1
9 Direct Free Kick 14
3 Indirect Free Kick 1
3 Offside 1
0 PK 0
5 minutes: Takuji YONEMOTO Warning 73 minutes: Koki ANZAI
Ejection
FC Tokyo Starting Lineup
GK 47 Yota AKIMOTO
DF 2 Yuhei TOKUNAGA
DF 3 Masato MORISHIGE
DF 5 Yuichi MARUYAMA
DF 50 Yuichi KOMANO
MF 7 Takuji YONEMOTO
MF 14 Ha DAESUNG
MF 48 Kota MIZUNUMA
MF 38 Keigo HIGASHI
FW 20 Ryoichi MAEDA
FW 44 Takuma ABE
FC Tokyo Bench
GK 31 Kentaro KAKOI
DF 25 Ryoya OGAWA
DF 37 Kento HASHIMOTO
MF 4 Hideto TAKAHASHI
MF 10 Yohei KAJIYAMA
MF 22 Naotake HANYU
FW 16 Nathan BURNS
MF 17 Hiroki KAWANO
FW 21 Sandaza
Verdy Starting Lineup
GK 31 Ryota SUZUKI
DF 2 Koki ANZAI
DF 3 Akira IBAYASHI
DF 5 Tomohiro TAIRA
DF 6 Kazuki Anzai
MF 28 Keishi KUSUMI
MF 11 Shuto MINAMI
MF 10 Yoshiaki TAKAGI
FW 9 Alan Pinheiro
FW 18 Daisuke TAKAGI
FW 7 Ryuji SUGIMOTO
Verdy Bench
GK 26 Gakuji OTA
DF 23 Naoya Tamura
DF 30 Junpei Takagi
MF 13 Yuji Funayama
MF 14 Naoto Sawai
MF 16 Masatomi Nakano
MF 45 Hideki NAGAI
FW 17 Douglas VIEIRA
FW 25 Kazuki Hiramoto

[Player and Coach Comments]

Victory as the culmination of the camp!!

The final match of the 2016 J League - Sky Perfect! New Year Cup Okinawa Round. Based on the results of other matches, Tokyo will be crowned champion with a draw or better.
The players aim for victory in this match as a culmination of their camp in Kunigami Village, Okinawa. Two players have been replaced from the Sapporo match, with Akimoto and Maruyama included in the starting lineup. The match starts at 15:04 with Verdy's kickoff.

From the start of the match, there was intense ball recovery in the midfield, and a back-and-forth battle continued.
26 minutes: Mizunuma's left corner kick was met by Maeda with a high header shot in front of the goal. It looked like it might have crossed the goal line, but the opposing defender cleared it, preventing the opening goal.
28 minutes: Maruyama makes a long pass from the DF line. Higashi matches the pass and breaks through behind the opponent's DF line, facing the GK in a one-on-one situation, but GK Suzuki makes the save.
34 minutes: From the center of the pitch, about 35 meters from the goal, Ha DAESUNG takes a powerful long shot. However, it goes wide of the target.

First half ended: The match started with back-and-forth attacks, but Tokyo took control midway through and dominated the game.

Hashimoto scores just before the end! Title captured!!

Second half begins: The second half starts with Tokyo's kickoff. No substitutions.

54 minutes: Komano, who sprinted deep down the left side, crossed the ball towards Maeda at the near side. Maeda made contact with his head, but the ball went wide of the goal and did not score.
57 minutes: Tokyo substitutes Komano, Mizunuma, and Maeda with Kajiwara, Kono, and Hashimoto.
67 minutes: Tokyo launches a counterattack from Ha DAESUNG. Yonemoto opens up on the left side, and passes to Tokunaga in the middle. Tokunaga passes to Azuma inside the area, and Azuma takes a curling shot from the left inside the area, but the opposing goalkeeper Suzuki catches it.
69 minutes: Hanyu substitutes in for Ha DAESUNG.
71 minutes: Ogawa replaces Higashi. Hashimoto moves from right back to midfield.
90+2 minutes: GOAL!! Hanyu → Nathan BURNS → Sandaza breaks through on the left side. Sandaza's cross reaches Hashimoto in the center, and Hashimoto shoots with his right foot! The ball slips past the GK and into the goal.

Victory with Hashimoto's goal just before the end of the match! Sky Perfect! Champion of the New Year Cup Okinawa Round!!

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