Today, after a long flight yesterday, we have a minute-by-minute schedule.
TR starts at 9:00 after finishing breakfast.
Warm up your body with a one-hour practice session for the afternoon practice game.
After that, we returned to the hotel once to prepare for the game, and then we were invited by the mayor of TRIFELSRUHE city for a courtesy visit.
We received welcoming words and learned about the history of the city.
After that, we headed straight to the restaurant and had lunch before taking a 3-hour bus ride to our opponent for today's match, Greuther Fürth.
The first match of the Germany expedition will be against Greuther Fürth, currently in 7th place in the U19 Bundesliga.
As soon as the match starts, put pressure on the front line and after 5 minutes, Yoshida steals the ball on the front line and scores a shot in the left corner.
After that, we continued to move the ball at a good pace without narrowing our focus on the opponent, and even when the ball was taken away, we were able to maintain our rhythm by quickly switching. However, at the 15-minute mark, we made a mistake and conceded a goal, tying the game.
In addition, in the 18th minute, a vertical pass created a 1vs1 opportunity, but GK Takase quickly came out and stopped it with a brave dive.
Tokyo's Yoshida and Sugiyama come close to scoring, but are stopped by the opponent's GK, and the first half ends in a 1-1 tie.
In the second half, the team changed members and in the 57th minute, Hara's header from Kusasumi's cross was blocked by the GK.
Tokyo, who continued to attack, quickly connected a corner kick in the 65th minute. Hitoshi put a powerful shot that was deflected by the right post, but Sakaguchi was able to score in the left corner and successfully take the lead.
After that, we were able to prevent any dangerous situations from occurring thanks to the efforts of our CBs Shinohara and Hasegawa, as well as GK Ohmoto, and we were able to secure a 2-1 victory.
After the game, we were kindly allowed to have a meal at the opponent club's clubhouse dining room, and then we headed back on a 3-hour bus ride.
We were able to start our first match in Germany with a victory, but we want to fix the issues we saw today and aim for further team building and individual improvement.