Expedition Day 8.
Today is a day to properly prepare my condition for tomorrow's Final Round.

In the morning, after carefully maintaining the body and senses with stretching and ball feeling exercises, we worked up a sweat with ball passing.
By the 8th day of the expedition, the sense of unity as one team became so strong that the boundaries of Fukagawa and Musashino were hardly felt.

Guangzhou players also participated in practice

In the afternoon, a revenge match against Shandong Luneng, who lost in the second group stage match.
Although it was a training match, the players were highly motivated, saying, "This time we will show the strength of FC Tokyo," as it was the only team that handed them a loss during this expedition.
The match was held as a 25-minute match.

Throughout the match, Tokyo maintained possession of the ball, skillfully manipulating the opponent's defense with intricate passing, demonstrating strength in one-on-one situations, and consistently recovering all loose balls.
The result was a 5-1 victory for Tokyo. It was a match that seemed to express the frustration from the previous week's defeat, and each player fought with a sense of "Tokyo's pride."

Take control of both offense and defense	Feel a sense of unity as a team

Tomorrow's opponent is the tournament host, Guangzhou Evergrande.
With immense financial power, it is a strong team in China, receiving coaching support from Real Madrid.

Based on the theme of "conversations with teammates" presented by Coach Okuhara in daily life up to this point, the awareness and connections made by each player have increased the moments when the Fukagawa and Musashi combined team feels like a true single team.
We have become a good team.
That is why I want to win tomorrow's Final Round and show the team "FC Tokyo" to China.