Started with a slightly late wake-up, a longer walk, and breakfast due to tonight's game.
In the morning, each person will adjust considering the fatigue of consecutive games, and from coach Sato, "Let's learn to use time to give our best performance" as well as experience.
Today's opponent is a match against Bochum U-19, who are currently in 3rd place in the Bundesliga U19 West.
Opponents have established their individual skills, speed, strength, and team organization since the start of the game, causing us to fall behind as we struggle to play our own style of soccer.
They quickly conceded their first goal of the season on a short counterattack.
Afterwards, we continued to face strong pressure from the opponent, but we fought tenaciously and went into halftime with a score of 0-1, with players like Oomoto, Yumoto, and Takahashi putting their bodies on the line.
At halftime, coach Sato gives a rousing speech, saying "It's a great opportunity to feel the pressure that you can't normally feel. Let's take on a challenge and build something!"
In the second half, all players, including those who came on as substitutes, start to play aggressively.
Pressing from the front line with the knowledge of the risk behind, quickly switching and regaining the ball one after another to create chances.
Then in the 59th minute, Takahashi equalized by pushing in the loose ball from Yokota's free kick.
Furthermore, Haga steals the ball alone at the front line, passes it to Terayama, and successfully turns the game around with Imamura's left foot shot.
Despite continuing to show an aggressive attitude to challenge, Iizuka, who had come out to intercept the opponent's cross, fell down after a fierce collision with the opponent, allowing them to equalize during that time.
However, without losing focus here, the team showed a determined attitude to score a winning goal together. In the 86th minute, Yokota calmly scored a goal from Kubo's cross, successfully taking the lead again and ultimately winning the game.
Although we were scored against for the first time on this expedition, we showed a fighting spirit to not let our spirits down and turn the game around twice, and it was a match where we could feel the growth from various experiences since the start of this season.
After the game, dinner at the sports bar located at Signal Iduna Park, the home stadium of Dortmund.
It was a dinner while watching the friendly match between the German national team and the Brazilian national team.
Afterwards, we arrived at the Paderborn hotel after 11 PM.
It was a day where we felt growth, such as being able to maintain the flow during the game against a tough opponent and achieving 3 consecutive victories on our expedition.
Tomorrow, we will face Schalke 04 U19, which is considered to be the strongest team in the current expedition.
I think fatigue will also come out in the fourth consecutive game, but I want to continue challenging without hesitation.
